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My thoughts exactly. This seems like a short term play to boost the stock price, let execs get out of the market, then sell off the company before it goes under.
Also how are they gonna prove you didn’t buy it before the announcement and just didn’t register/use it until after? Seems to me that’s gonna be sticky in the eyes of ~~copyright~~ terms & conditions
I don't get what it has to do with copyright?
It's as simple as they built the equipment to require an app. And it needs the cloud, so its either accept the license or stop using the hw.
It's happening everywhere.
Thanks, I meant terms & conditions, fixed. If I buy a product that does not have an activation fee in the t&c at time of purchase, legally I probably shouldn't have to pay it even if they implement it later and I waited to activate. That would maybe still require you to sign up even if you aren't paying to get the t&c then though. It could be argued that since the fee was not in place at time of purchase it shouldn't apply and that is what I meant by 'sticky' is all.
A new business architecture without this particular flaw seems to be in pretty capitalist demand today.
Maybe something about conflict of interest being illegal for such positions. Maybe just cooperatives with modern technologies to help make them more organized.