Eric’s Comments

• May 8th, 2016 @ 5:49pm

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  Then it is your choice as a consumer whether to buy it or not. There are many people who buy things based on the warranty (cars again). Consumers are also short-sighted in being surprised that a device that requires a backend system to operate to work in perpetuity. When is a reasonable amount of time that a company has to support an obsolete system? Maybe consumers should start pushing back and buy devices that don't need a back-end system in order to operate.
• May 7th, 2016 @ 7:34am

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  on Do You Own What You Own? Not So Much Anymore, Thanks To Copyright
  There is still basic consumer warranty law. Businesses must support the product throughout the warranty period. Like cars, when manufactures discontinue a model, they typically are required to make parts available for 10 years because of the perforation law. In the case of the Revolv, I am sure they stopped selling the product longer than the warranty and shut down the service after that.
  
  It is the concern with these "connected" (spy) devices. The service the offer consumers is the bait for these companies which collect data about them and sell them to other entities which is the profit. Many of the apps that you use on your phones dont need back-end systems yet they are designed this way. I am more and more only buying products that work autonomously for this reason and will start slowing my upgrade of iphones because the features dont outway the risks of the app not being supported tomorrow. And for the connected home, with the cost, no way. Remember, free has no value.