this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
112 points (99.1% liked)

Hacker News

202 readers
1 users here now

This community serves to share top posts on Hacker News with the wider fediverse.

Rules0. Keep it legal

  1. Keep it civil and SFW
  2. Keep it safe for members of marginalised groups

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

There is a discussion on Hacker News, but feel free to comment here as well.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] IIIIII 56 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because they didn’t get away with it like they expected to*

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I wonder how multiple people ever agreed on this possibly working. Thought we resolved this in the sim-lock era with phones; people will hack it anyway.

[–] IIIIII 6 points 2 years ago

My guess is they see the revenue subscription models bring in and they think so little of people they thought that was another way they could nickel and dime people