Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colgate's app even bigger..?

Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by mturmon on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:00PM (#41372292)

Yeah, regarding your first point -- the replacement brushes are also an Oral-B product, so prompting for frequent replacement of the brushes would be a way to make more money.

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by mbirth on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @06:28AM (#41378004)

In my Sonicare, the brush heads have an NFC chip in them that stores the “runtime”. After xx uses an icon starts blinking on the handle and the app will tell you that the brush head needs to be replaced. But at least you’re free to ignore that and continue using it.

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by mrwizardno2 on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @07:09AM (#41378233)

For now... Just wait, some bright-eyed underling will undoubtedly see this comment and then pitch their boss: "Man, oh man! I know how we can increase revenue, let's DISABLE brush heads when they hit 90 days and FORCE the user to buy a new one!" You've just doomed us all. >.< hah!

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by mbirth on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @04:12PM (#41383730)

Joke's on them.

> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38752691

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