Otter Raft@lemmy.ca to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agoLogitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square145fedilinkarrow-up1426arrow-down13
arrow-up1423arrow-down1external-linkLogitech will brick its $100 Pop smart home buttons on October 15 - Ars Technicaarstechnica.comOtter Raft@lemmy.ca to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square145fedilink
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·21 days agoThat’s not them bricking it though. Yes it’s shitty build quality, but that is an entirely different issue than them bricking equipment that still is very much functional from a HW perspective.
minus-squareJcbAzPx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoPersonally, I see planned obsolescence as the same thing. It’s all to force you to buy new stuff whether you want to or not.
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minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 days agoYeah no you’re just using the wrong words to describe your issue.
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That’s not them bricking it though. Yes it’s shitty build quality, but that is an entirely different issue than them bricking equipment that still is very much functional from a HW perspective.
Personally, I see planned obsolescence as the same thing. It’s all to force you to buy new stuff whether you want to or not.
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Yeah no you’re just using the wrong words to describe your issue.
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