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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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[–] Poecile_rufescens 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To clarify, it does still work just fine without the app. You can turn it on and off and change the temp without the app. We’ve been using an older version for years without the app and it’s great.

The subscription is super dumb though, not debating that.