Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app

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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
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Imagine seeing that message and buying another product from them.

“It’s time to artificially create waste. Don’t worry, you won’t see this message again. Our new cookers are designed to not last 10 years.”

100%. They've just guaranteed that the sous vide unit that I have now is the last Anova product I will ever buy.

Ung

(Don’t) hope they did their math right and the “well, it’s just $2/mo” crowd is large enough to offset the principled crowd

That notice doesn't even say there is a $2/mo option. App just won't work at all.

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