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| What happens when your cloud service just pulls the plug - Insteon gone |
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| rsjsouza:
--- Quote from: oPossum on April 20, 2022, 06:31:26 pm ---https://www.insteon.com/news2022 --- Quote ---In 2019, the onset of the global pandemic brought unforeseen disruption to the market, but the company continued to move forward. However, the subsequent (and enduring) disruption to the supply chain caused by the pandemic proved incredibly difficult and the company engaged in a sales process in November, 2021. The goal was to find a parent for the company and continue to invest in new products and the technology. The process resulted in several interested parties and a sale was expected to be realized in the March timeframe. Unfortunately, that sale did not materialize. Consequently, the company was assigned to a financial services firm in March to optimize the assets of the company. --- End quote --- --- End quote --- Gotta love how even the clocks are starting to be moved back to blame everything on the virus and erase history. 2019 was an year untouched by the pandemic in a global scale. Not only that but the bad financial health comes from decisions pre-virus. Yet another PR *bs* ploy. |
| MrMobodies:
--- Quote from: rsjsouza on April 21, 2022, 12:34:33 pm ---Gotta love how even the clocks are starting to be moved back to blame everything on the virus and erase history. --- End quote --- I am hearing this talk quite recently: Local GP surgery - no GP's available due to COVID as they were told. Lost parcel and refusing to refund due to COVID Then I see this a couple of days ago: https://www.btwholesale.com/contact-us.html --- Quote ---COVID-19 and Openreach All solutions that rely on new installations, modifications or repairs of key access products will be affected. As the situation develops, we’re updating our websites with as much information as we possibly can. --- End quote --- Joke: Then they start talking about self driving cars where the drivers can lounge about in them and watch television whilst it self drives. - No COVID in the way for that one. --- Quote ---Some users who already reset their hubs while troubleshooting report being able to access the hub with the default username and password that is printed on it; however, changing login info or network settings is no longer possible. --- End quote --- I wonder if that is just due to just the site it depends on no longer being contactable or is it that they put these restrictions in place in an update before they shut down but didn't reach every hub? |
| madires:
There's a thread with a collection of "bye-bye cloud service" reports. This is nothing new. It happens every week. Company went into bankruptcy, new product line doesn't generate enough profit, company wants to sell new products for more profit and so on. The only thing we can do is to educate people about the risks of cloud based services to make better choices in the future when choosing IoT devices. |
| mac.6:
Even with local cloud and opensource solution you can experience bitrot and deprecation. My homeassistant install regulary broke my esphome devices so I am switching away from it and use zigbee device instead (where possible). |
| xrunner:
Document sent to me (and presumably all registered users of Insteon products) from enotice@creditorinfo.com - Excerpt - TO ALL CREDITORS AND EQUITYHOLDERS OF SMARTLABS, INC. AND OTHER PARTIES IN INTEREST: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 22, 2022, SmartLabs, Inc. (“SmartLabs” or “Assignor”), a California corporation (EIN: 33-0557391) with offices at 1621 Alton Parkway, Suite 100, Irvine, California 92606 United States as assignor, made a General Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors (the “Assignment”) to SmartLabs (ABC), LLC (“Assignee”), a California limited liability company, as assignee, pursuant to California state law. The Assignment of Assignor previously was approved by Assignor’s stockholders holding the requisite majority of the company’s stock. This correspondence constitutes notice under Section 228(e) of the Delaware General Corporation Law for corporate action taken without a stockholders’ meeting by less than unanimous written consent of the Company’s stockholders. etc., etc., etc ... PDF attached if you enjoy reading legal notices. :P |
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