wizzor@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoFully working 270€ Nest Dropcam will no longer be supported.sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square99fedilinkarrow-up1405arrow-down17
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minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up67·2 years agoOr laws they have to make devices have a open API before shutting down servers.
minus-squarecron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·2 years agoThis reminds me of how Google handled the stadia shutdown. Now many controllers have got a second life thanks to the option to enable bluetooth.
minus-squareDamage@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·2 years agoStill a limited time window for you to update the firmware before they got bricked.
minus-squareit's not often that shit just works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 years agoThey added another year to the window, in case you see one at the resale shop. https://www.engadget.com/you-have-a-whole-additional-year-to-convert-your-google-stadia-controller-to-bluetooth-232856929.html
minus-squarecron@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoTrue. And communication was also not ideal.
minus-squareirotsoma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoThat will never work either. They’ll just transfer it to a subsidiary towards the end and then shut down the company. Then there’s no one to enforce the law on.
minus-squareplayer2@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years ago“[Google] will give users an exclusive offer for a Self Setup System from ADT on us (up to $485 value) or $200 to use on the Google Store.” https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/An-update-for-our-Nest-Secure-Dropcam-and-Works-with-Nest-Users-and/ba-p/391449
minus-squareTja@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·2 years agoThey also were pretty cool when shutting down stadia, full refunds and you keep the hardware.
minus-squarepapertowels@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoUsed my credit to buy my mom a new phone. Google did a solid in this case.
minus-squarewizzor@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 years agoI kind of understand that they can’t offer the cloud service forever - that’s OK, but I’d like there to be a local option then
minus-squaremonobot@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoI think they are selling hardware on reduced price so they can make money on cloud services. And by spying and selling customer data. The problem is that investors want to invest in data collection, not in making new hardware and service.
minus-squareRubberDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoUntil that time,ight I suggest mailing the devices to congress.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoThere’s just no way mailing electronic devices to Congress would (rightfully) result in visits from several armed FBI agents.
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Or laws they have to make devices have a open API before shutting down servers.
This reminds me of how Google handled the stadia shutdown. Now many controllers have got a second life thanks to the option to enable bluetooth.
Still a limited time window for you to update the firmware before they got bricked.
They added another year to the window, in case you see one at the resale shop.
https://www.engadget.com/you-have-a-whole-additional-year-to-convert-your-google-stadia-controller-to-bluetooth-232856929.html
True. And communication was also not ideal.
That will never work either. They’ll just transfer it to a subsidiary towards the end and then shut down the company. Then there’s no one to enforce the law on.
“[Google] will give users an exclusive offer for a Self Setup System from ADT on us (up to $485 value) or $200 to use on the Google Store.”
https://www.googlenestcommunity.com/t5/Blog/An-update-for-our-Nest-Secure-Dropcam-and-Works-with-Nest-Users-and/ba-p/391449
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They also were pretty cool when shutting down stadia, full refunds and you keep the hardware.
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Used my credit to buy my mom a new phone.
Google did a solid in this case.
I kind of understand that they can’t offer the cloud service forever - that’s OK, but I’d like there to be a local option then
I think they are selling hardware on reduced price so they can make money on cloud services. And by spying and selling customer data.
The problem is that investors want to invest in data collection, not in making new hardware and service.
Until that time,ight I suggest mailing the devices to congress.
There’s just no way mailing electronic devices to Congress would (rightfully) result in visits from several armed FBI agents.
Because?