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I was hoping this would be a hack that repurposed the unit to work standalone. Getting the unit to work again in the Cricut "ecosystem" just means Cricut can d

I was hoping this would be a hack that repurposed the unit to work standalone. Getting the unit to work again in the Cricut "ecosystem" just means Cricut can disable it later when they catch on. Companies that "lock" or otherwise brick viable hardware as part of the business model (I'm thinking about Sonos here, too) are really terrible. People shouldn't be rewarding them by buying their garbage to begin with.

Benanov 2mo ago
I'm just imagining the amount of damage some determined people can do to the Cricut ecosystem because the serial numbers are guessable...
- hypfer 2mo ago
  Would be a shame if anyone did that at a large scale, invoking a PR desaster and forcing some change. Oh and illegal. Highly illegal and probably would get you in prison for a very long time + come with crippling debt too. So don't do that, unless you're like.. idk terminally ill and die tomorrow or something like that. Then still don't do it because it's illegal and causes real harm to real other people that didn't do anything wrong.
  - Mountain_Skies 2mo ago
    Or maybe if you live in one of the places where illegal telemarketing calls originate from but can't be stopped.
  - rithdmc 2mo ago
    Channel your inner Maia arson crimew
  - arcanemachiner 2mo ago
    Reminds me of this old WKUK skit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KivCRqfFcqY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KivCRqfFcqY
  - AlfeG 2mo ago
    > So don't do that, unless you're like.. idk terminally ill and die tomorrow or something like that. Or You are from Iran, Russia or North Korea and you don't care much USA laws.
greggsy 2mo ago
I’d expect a certain YouTuber to pick it up in due course
charcircuit 2mo ago
>are really terrible. They are not as terrible as people who commit fraud by lying about throwing away the "bad" unit and selling it, nor are they as bad as people stealing them and then also reselling them.
- josephcsible 2mo ago
  No, they're worse than both of those groups. I'd accept having to deal with both of them forever if it meant manufacturers didn't have a way to remotely brick things after they sold them anymore.

Benanov 2mo ago

I'm just imagining the amount of damage some determined people can do to the Cricut ecosystem because the serial numbers are guessable...

hypfer 2mo ago
Would be a shame if anyone did that at a large scale, invoking a PR desaster and forcing some change. Oh and illegal. Highly illegal and probably would get you in prison for a very long time + come with crippling debt too. So don't do that, unless you're like.. idk terminally ill and die tomorrow or something like that. Then still don't do it because it's illegal and causes real harm to real other people that didn't do anything wrong.
- Mountain_Skies 2mo ago
  Or maybe if you live in one of the places where illegal telemarketing calls originate from but can't be stopped.
- rithdmc 2mo ago
  Channel your inner Maia arson crimew
- arcanemachiner 2mo ago
  Reminds me of this old WKUK skit: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KivCRqfFcqY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KivCRqfFcqY
- AlfeG 2mo ago
  > So don't do that, unless you're like.. idk terminally ill and die tomorrow or something like that. Or You are from Iran, Russia or North Korea and you don't care much USA laws.

greggsy 2mo ago

I’d expect a certain YouTuber to pick it up in due course

charcircuit 2mo ago

>are really terrible. They are not as terrible as people who commit fraud by lying about throwing away the "bad" unit and selling it, nor are they as bad as people stealing them and then also reselling them.

josephcsible 2mo ago
No, they're worse than both of those groups. I'd accept having to deal with both of them forever if it meant manufacturers didn't have a way to remotely brick things after they sold them anymore.