LG to offer subscriptions for appliances and televisions
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Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you’re ready to cough up after buying hardware

    • @bill@lemmy.fmhy.mlEnglish
      4•2 years ago

      I suspect they’ll include cellular radios in the near future so the appliance does not depend on the “consumer” to provide data access.

    • @Wolfen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•2 years ago

      I may be lucky. I am an expat, and I bought mine in China. Now I am in Malaysia. So I may not have this issue. But your points are likely true.