LG to offer subscriptions for appliances and televisions
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Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1539142

LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you’re ready to cough up after buying hardware

  • WhoRoger@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Plus if the device can work with different climate programs, it could just be a simple download of an update… Or it could just have them built in. Companies sell the same hardware with different firmware for languag etc., so this is nothing new. It doesn’t need a constant internet connection, and definitely doesn’t need subscription.