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Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 86 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is the absolute worst possible way for me to first hear about a product and company that I would have otherwise been interested in

[–] [email protected] 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Same. I've been thinking of replacing the cheap immersion circulator we have, and was going to go with Anova. This blatant enshittification is enough to make me look elsewhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I've had one for years, use it often and honestly didn't know it had an app until today.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Fair point. I just don't like the move, and don't want to support a company doing it. Even putting that aside, it really makes me worried that they're at the point that they're trying to ride on their reputation while increasing profit margins. It makes me think that, if I buy their newer models, they're more likely to cheap out but charge more.