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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This is a good reason not to buy a kindle, or another one if you have one already. If they're doing this they'll just as easily steal the books I bought when they randomly decide to.

I only buy authors that refuse to DRM their work.

Agreed. Its really annoying since i love the Paperwhite. But I just don't trust Amazon as a company.

There was a bunch of noise over a book that they rescinded from Kindles a couple / few years ago. I don't recall the details, but it made headlines.

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