[cooperadymas]

You can completely and fully use the device without any subscription. They only charge for the usage of their cloud services.

Remarkable has not "stolen" anything back which they sold.

On the contrary, they grandfathered in users which bought a device prior to their charging for a subscription so that they all have free access.

[mcphage]

> They only charge for the usage of their cloud services.

What features require usage of their cloud services?

[cooperadymas]

Primarily, syncing your documents between multiple Remarkable devices and their apps on your phone. The page on their site for it spells out everything pretty well.

https://remarkable.com/shop/connect