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Make sure that if you buy such a device it doesn’t do over the air upgrades. I bought a smart baby monitor (miku) that promised no monthly fees. Then they went
by sarchertech 1y ago
Make sure that if you buy such a device it doesn’t do over the air upgrades. I bought a smart baby monitor (miku) that promised no monthly fees. Then they went bankrupt. A new company was formed that bought the assets. They disabled most functionality via forced over the air update then added a fee to enable the previously free functionality.
- atonse 1y agoIsn’t that illegal? like under consumer law maybe?
- seam_carver 1y agoLouis Rossman would love to hear from you. Here's a recent video where he covers the exact same situation as you with another company where the purchasing company disables functionality behind a subscription. And is actively trying to prevent hackers from running stuff locally. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66j9dsPhAjE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66j9dsPhAjE
- shrinks99 1y agoAnd THAT'S why my smart home stuff is on a seperate VLAN that isn't internet connected!
- dreamcompiler 1y agoNest itself did this too. My gen 1 (pre-Google) Nest did forced OTA updates. Once or twice it bricked itself; fortunately it was still able to receive updates and Nest corrected the problem. Then they couldn't resist fiddling with the UI. Every new update changed the UI such that I had to relearn how to operate it. That was the last straw, so I disconnected it from my wifi and just used it as a standalone thermostat.