[reverendsteveii]

I already avoid devices that require subscription rather than allowing ownership. If someone decides to change the terms of the deal after I bought the device to gate previously accessible functionality behind a paywall I guarantee that they will never see another nickel of mine for the rest of our shared existence on this earth. I don't actually care that your costs exceed your revenue. Shut down then. It's your problem to price things in a way that pays for your costs as a business, not mine, and it's your problem to uphold agreements you made or to fail as a business.

[dboreham]

> avoid devices that require subscription

This is fine if the device is stand-alone. But if its operation depends on any back end service, then your choice makes it inevitable that it will cease operating at some point in the future. Nobody, no matter how drugged-up their marketing folks are, is going to provide that service forever for no charge.

[reverendsteveii]

Then it makes an awful lot of sense to get that service for free/at a one-time cost until their marketing team sobers up, doesn't it? It's only a bait and switch if they switch before I get the bait.