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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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[–] BillibusMaximus@sh.itjust.works 99 points 2 months ago (1 children)

100%. They've just guaranteed that the sous vide unit that I have now is the last Anova product I will ever buy.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ung

(Don’t) hope they did their math right and the “well, it’s just $2/mo” crowd is large enough to offset the principled crowd

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

That notice doesn't even say there is a $2/mo option. App just won't work at all.