Enlarge / Spotify released the Car Thing to the general public in February 2022. It’s bricking them in December. Spotify
For some of us, few things are more infuriating than when a gadget stops working due to a software change. As we’ve frequently covered here at Ars, startups and big tech companies are guilty of rendering hardware obsolete and/or stripping it of core functions. A pile of activists are urging the Federal Trade Commission to get involved.
In a letter sent today to Samuel Levine, director of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection, and Serena Viswanathan, associate director of the FTC’s
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