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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Why the hell do rockers need subscription services? This should be illegal. A rocker, which has absolutely zero maintenance upkeep from the company, should not be gouging their customers for money to use features they’ve already paid for.

No, I get it. CapITaLiSm. That’s why this is posted here. Yes, the above is rhetorical. It still pisses me off. I don’t typically advocate violence, but the people who made this business decision need to go take a very long walk off a short pier, with cinder blocks chained around their throats.

My apologies. I needed to vent. Carry on.

PS. This thing costs almost $1400 on Amazon, which is boasting a 20% discount, and the inventor Harvey Karp is complaining the company is not making enough money. You know who else is not making enough money right now? The Pitchfork and Torches store. That’s who.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The Pitchfork and Torches

They don't work without a subscription.

[–] GiveOver@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago

Luckily I'm still on my family's ForkPitch plan. Let me know if you want to sign up for Torchee, I have a referral code

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 0 points 10 months ago (2 children)

While I agree, it's a smart device, and servers aren't free

[–] Nomad@infosec.pub 1 points 10 months ago

Welp... Smart designer wouldn't even have included a server. Bluetooth connection to the crib would have been enough. If it needs an app at all.... Our motorized crib hat buttons you know. You are not gonna operate that thing remotely anyways.

[–] daq@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

It really isn't unless they changed since we used it 5 years ago. It just had a microphone and went through several levels of rocking based on how much sound mics picked up. It worked whether it was connected or not. Internet was just for notifications. Your baby screaming is usually a pretty clear notification.

[–] tacticalsugar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I told you bro. I fuckin' warned you.

People have called me "paranoid" for years for pointing out that this kind of thing was going to happen, and it's so much worse than I thought it would be but at least I'm vindicated.

Tech companies will literally murder or enslave you if they think it would be good for their bottom line. We know that's true because tech companies are murdering and enslaving people in the global south because it's good for their bottom line. Stop giving them money. Stop buying wifi-enabled garbage that spies on you for the police state.

Maybe it's a good thing that people with entirely too much money are being forced to rock their own crying child instead of having a machine do it. Using robots to soothe your child is a Phillip K. Dick-esque dystopia. Obviously a crying child take a huge mental and physical health toll on everyone in a house, but in a country where poor people are being forced to give birth, maybe the rich people should have to suffer a little bit too.

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Just another company taking part in the worldwide subscription model scam.

Here's another one: LynkD. I have a few of their NFC padlocks. They're not particularly well made, nor are they particularly secure, but they're convenient and I like them to secure low-importance things like my gym locker or the shed at the back of my garden.

I wanted to buy more. LynkD informed me that the padlocks now require a subscription. It's even written at the bottom of the product page:

Membership to these platforms costs $15/Month + $5/Device + $5/User with the first user free. An active membership is required in order to use this device.

Yes, you read that right: a fucking PADLOCK now requires a subscription.

The mind boggles...

[–] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not only a subscription but one at an absolutely rip off price. Flat. Monthly cost, PLUS per device PLUS per user fees?

[–] ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

They're going for property managers who can claim expenses.