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Re:Sonos: users must accept new privacy policy or devices ma... by rconti on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @10:09PM (#15078001)
Sometimes it's just fine though. It probably depends on the up-front cost, and what value you derive from it. If Spotify stops working tomorrow, I can stop paying them, and we can all go home friends. I wouldn't consider my subscription fees over the past couple of years "lost".

On the other hand, if I had to buy a $1000 device for the privilege of paying them $10/month, my anger level would probably depend on how many years I got utility out of that $1000 device before they shut down.

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Re:Sonos: users must accept new privacy policy or devices ma... by bigiain on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @11:20PM (#15078273)
I've got a friend whose still bitter and vocal about how his car's stereo no longer "works" because Pandora pulled out of the Australian market. Sure that well-over-$1000-device's main purpose wasn't "playing music from Pandora" and it still has it's primary "get to work" utlilty, but playing music is high on the secondary feature list of a lot of vehicle purchases...
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