Hackers activate automatic defrosting accross European supermarket fridges

Re:Hackers activate automatic defrosting accross European su... by bunderbunder on Monday October 12, 2026 @07:49PM (#50064640)

I don’t think I have ever even once been in a product design session where the stated reason for going with a subscription model was, “So the customer can pay us less money.”

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Re:Hackers activate automatic defrosting accross European su... by kijin on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @02:26AM (#50067568)

Of course the customer is going to pay more in the long term.

Even if the TCO for the clinic were exactly the same over X number of years, the manufacturer that sells subscriptions still comes out ahead because they're effectively in the financing business, too. Why tell a customer to go borrow money from somebody else when you can make them borrow from you?

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Re:Hackers activate automatic defrosting accross European su... by regularfry on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @06:56AM (#50069711)

Arguably the customer gains the option of not paying, which has some value. Whether that option value is close to the extra they pay through the subscription is left as an exercise for the reader.

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