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Re:Airbnb's preferred smart lock vendor accidentally bricks ... by duncanawoods on Monday August 14, 2017 @02:28PM (#15011134)
Not bad. Could go further and call them "dependent" to make it unambiguous that they are not standalone devices but out of your control and potentially worthless if the connected services close or fail.
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Re:Airbnb's preferred smart lock vendor accidentally bricks ... by jlgaddis on Monday August 14, 2017 @07:02PM (#15013815)
The Marketing Department would never approve using that term!
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