www/proprietary proprietary-sabotage.html

[Félicien PILLOT]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Félicien PILLOT <felandral>     17/08/01 05:55:43

Modified files:
        proprietary    : proprietary-sabotage.html 

Log message:
        [#1099084] Add (old) item about Revolv devices

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.45&r2=1.46

Patches:
Index: proprietary-sabotage.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/proprietary/proprietary-sabotage.html,v
retrieving revision 1.45
retrieving revision 1.46
diff -u -b -r1.45 -r1.46
--- proprietary-sabotage.html   12 Jun 2017 00:13:23 -0000      1.45
+++ proprietary-sabotage.html   1 Aug 2017 09:55:43 -0000       1.46
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@
 
 <ul>
   <li>
+    <p>Revolv is an IoT device which managed &ldquo;smart home&rdquo;
+      operations: switching the lights, operate motion sensors, regulating
+      temperature, etc. On May 15th, 2016, Google said it would shut down the
+      service linked to the device, making it unusable.</p>
+    <p>Although you may own the device, its functioning depended on the server
+      that never belonged to you. So you never really had control of it. This
+      unjust design is called
+      <a href="/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html">
+      Service as a Software Substitute (SaaSS)</a>. That is what gave the
+      company the power to convert it into a $300 out-of-warranty brick, for
+      your &ldquo;dumb home&rdquo;.</p>
+  </li>
+  <li>
     <p>Apple will stop <a 
href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jun/06/iphone-ipad-apps-games-apple-5-5c-obsolete";>fixing
 bugs for older
     model iThings</a>.</p>
 
@@ -342,7 +355,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2017/06/12 00:13:23 $
+$Date: 2017/08/01 09:55:43 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>