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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)
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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

Im just so tired

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unauthorized Bread is a short story/novella by Cory Doctorow that features subscription based appliances. It's the natural extrapolation of what you said. Good read. It's out there for free without much effort.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, I'll add it to the List. It may be 10 years before I get to it, but it's on the list!