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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by jakeva on Sunday May 02, 2021 @05:07AM (#27013571)
My microwave will not end up as a subscription platform. Maybe if I have to buy a microwave some day, but I don't know why I would have to do that. My microwave works fine.
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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by jacquesm on Sunday May 02, 2021 @06:07AM (#27013830)
Microwaves don't live forever (especially newer ones). At some point the choices will be:

[ ] a connected microwave

and

[ ] no microwave

Just like almost all newer cars now have some kind of wlan connection to the factory built in.

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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by phs on Sunday May 02, 2021 @12:39PM (#27016596)
This twelve inch cast iron skillet, on the other hand, will last forever.
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Re:Cars are about to be a software platform, subscriptions a... by jacquesm on Sunday May 02, 2021 @02:49PM (#27017770)
Yes, it likely will (unless you drop it, or quench it). But if you're careful with it it will last longer than anybody reading this. But just like car batteries: cast iron skillets rarely die, but lots of them are murdered.
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