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

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Okay, I see what you mean. Do you know or can you suggest a different word for this? Mine would be something like paywalling: "paybricking", but even I don't think it's good. "sub-brick-tion"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (2 children)

IMHO, this wreaks of enshittification, so the word I would suggest is “enshittify” or something similar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It most definitely is, I just want to have different words for hardware that is made obsolete. This isn't even planned obsolescence IMO, this is something else. A function that seemingly has nothing to do with a live service (in similar products) is getting taken out and exchanged for something most people (presumably) don't want. This is a scam and people should be refunded. Also Amazon should be punished severely for something like this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

They are taking functionality away and hiding it behind a paywall. This is pretty despicable behavior. They should get an award for it. Any consumer road shows that have a Dunce Award?