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Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Bezier@suppo.fi to c/internetofshit@suppo.fi

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/21524474

Smart display will soon default to showing ads after three hours.

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[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Amazon deserves being called out for this kind of ridiculous service: paying every month so that a device you brought don't nag you with ads.

I get that a company would show ads in their newspaper, video streaming, or online service to make producing the content financially viable. But ads on a device people buy to display their own family pictures is ridiculous. Whoever thought people would welcome this idea lacks common sense.