Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year

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Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
arstechnica.com

It’s pretty cool how things we purchase can just lose functionality at the drop of a hat.

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time to open fraud complaints with your credit card company

Now you're talkin'.

I've noticed that threatening to do that works extremely well with Amazon. they recently started charging $8 for a UPS pickup when you do a return, and all I have to do is tell them that I will initiate a fraud complaint if they actually charge me for it and they just refund me