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·
      1 year 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.

      • ZC3rr0r@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        With a cellular data subscription that we will then be required to pay a monthly fee for, to make sure the TV continues to work. You didn’t think they’d be giving this away for free, right?

    • Wolfen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year 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.