So you are surprised?
What surprises me is that anyone would buy a product that they can't completely own and control. But then, here I am using a computer with Windows. .........
I knew it was bound to happen eventually no surprise there but the surprising element I find is when this happens time again and people will not learn from it and still buy into this nonsense... "We won't buy another NEST etc"
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/homeowners-security-systems-rendered-useless-british-gas/The leading smart home tech provider told some of its two million customers last year it was taking the "tough decision”
to discontinue eight of its products, including digital security cameras and burglar alarms...
I like how the telegraph put the quotes over it.
The move will see Hive abandon its home security line and instead pivot to
, such as heat pumps and electric car chargers.
Dear victims, before you go out and buy the new "pivoted" product think of what they have done and can do it again when they feel that it is not efficient or "sustainable"...
never mind how none of your business you stupid consumer.After their
tough move I wouldn't trust another product or claim forget about sustainable, what's the point.
He added he had expected the cameras to last another two years at least and that they allowed him to remotely view the outside and inside of his home, giving him peace of mind because they are a guard against potential burglaries. Hive’s website states that the model of camera used by Mr Smith is not eligible for a replacement, despite the items only being removed from sale in 2019.
So they screwed him over in the name of efficiency and sustainability.
British Gas has backed smart homes through its partnership with Hive as a way for billpayers to help fight climate change. Smart plug sockets, lights, energy meters and thermostats are promised by the supplier’s website to be “good for the planet”
and “good for your pocket too"
As a way to manipulate and rip off billpayers with non sustainable/ efficient products that they admit some years after where they scam them and brick their products. I think it is certainly good for their pocket (British Gas) if they can do things like this and scrap the service when people buy into it.
Good for your pocket... sounds to me like the bullshit language and claims from Thames Water 20 years about water meters... "Good for your pocket... Good for the environment"... "the fairest way to pay for water" infrastructure/flat rate vs metering and I wouldn't class any as the fairest way as the rates may differ by area.
The devices typically give consumers more control over their energy consumption and can be linked to mobile phones and Amazon’s Alexa smart speaker.
What control do they have now?
A spokesman for Hive said: “At Hive we’ve got big plans to make Britain’s homes greener. So we made the tough decision to discontinue some products including security cameras and develop more smart home tech that’ll get us closer to net zero.
Well HOW ABOUT replacing it for LIKE FOR LIKE? but then still waste.
He added: “* Our focus on net zero is around home energy management
, using our smart home technology to give our customers energy efficiency insights on their homes and connect new devices such as air source heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers, and home batteries to the Hive platform.”
* More like product obsolescence where smart is making people buy this crap and taking it away from them in future when they feel like in whatever name they choose, whether it'd be efficiently, carbon net or saving the planet.
Joke: “At Hive we’ve got big plans
to brick your devices...
in the name of the environment and the cash flow in our pocket. You can achieve carbon net zero by simply not using them. In the name of the environment, we'll start projects to help the environment, pull out of those and start other projects like heat pumps in order to maintain carbon efficiency levels and sustainability of our cash flow and our man power on these projects.How else would douchebag companies like HP sell any printers for example.
“good for the planet” and “good for your pocket too"
It reminds me a bit like HP+:
Be good to the planet, be good to your pocket, help aim to reach net zero carbon efficiencies but
KISS OUR ASS FIRST.... then we decide when you can use your HIVE devices.