Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
Amazon is bricking primary feature on $160 Echo device after 1 year
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Bricking refers to making the device a brick, as in it doesn’t work anymore. At all. You don’t “brick” features.
Okay, I see what you mean. Do you know or can you suggest a different word for this? Mine would be something like paywalling: "paybricking", but even I don't think it's good. "sub-brick-tion"?
IMHO, this wreaks of enshittification, so the word I would suggest is “enshittify” or something similar.
It most definitely is, I just want to have different words for hardware that is made obsolete. This isn't even planned obsolescence IMO, this is something else. A function that seemingly has nothing to do with a live service (in similar products) is getting taken out and exchanged for something most people (presumably) don't want. This is a scam and people should be refunded. Also Amazon should be punished severely for something like this.
They are taking functionality away and hiding it behind a paywall. This is pretty despicable behavior. They should get an award for it. Any consumer road shows that have a Dunce Award?