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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app (arstechnica.com)
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[–] chilicheeselies@lemmy.world 12 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I bet the app requires cloud hosting for it to run, and its starting to eat away at the profits they made.

If it needs nothing but bluetooth, then this a pure money grab.

[–] HonkTonkWoman@lemm.ee 10 points 3 months ago

It use to operate only off of Bluetooth, & then they added single band WiFi. They just added dual band WiFi as a new feature & are now removing Bluetooth functionality completely.

Absolutely a cash grab.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 10 points 3 months ago

Usually, if it needs cloud hosting, it's because they're collecting your data. That presumably is a revenue stream for them.

I have one of these, and I haven't touched the app. Works perfectly fine without it.