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Re:AEG combi microwave unusable after update: device thinks ... by jjulius on Friday March 18, 2022 @11:45AM (#30723700)
>Or more likely because that costs money to implement

Kinda like how paying devs to push firmware updates to a damn microwave costs a lot more money than making a microwave that just works and doesn't need OTA updates?

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Re:AEG combi microwave unusable after update: device thinks ... by pixl97 on Friday March 18, 2022 @02:00PM (#30725443)
Yes, but you cant sell the 'regular' microwave for more because its special. And there is no way to sell marketing data with a regular microwave.
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