Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold hardware

Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by BoorishBears on Friday November 17, 2017 @03:56PM (#15725878)

The title strongly implies the hardware is intentionally being bricked.

Being put out of commission by downed servers is still pretty terrible, but intentionally bricking the devices is a separate further step to me (and has been done by other companies).

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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by wlesieutre on Friday November 17, 2017 @04:48PM (#15726264)

They could always have designed their product in a way that doesn't turn into a brick when the servers disappear.

Call it "negligent bricking"?

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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by dozzie on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:42PM (#15726906)

No, the proper term is "IoT-grade architecture".

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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by MrMorden on Friday November 17, 2017 @09:29PM (#15727462)

The "S" in "IoT" stands for security.

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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by romwell on Friday November 17, 2017 @06:44PM (#15726917)

Potato, potato.

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Re:Emberlight is shutting down, bricking all previously sold... by fps on Monday November 20, 2017 @09:04AM (#15739905)

I feel like selling a hardware device that depends on a cloud service you're bundling for free is intentionally bricking the devices. They are refusing to accept returns, and they're refusing to open the API or provide a firmware update that disconnects them from the cloud.

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