Amazon Echo Look discontinued...

RE: Amazon Echo Look discontinued...

memyselfandi — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:36:52 GMT

Good Day,

well, so much for planned obsolence. You have my sympathy, Ralph!

It still gives me great grief when I am thinking about the change from "DAB" to "DAB+" public radio services in Germany a few years ago. The unwillingness to provide Firmware updates or at least some form of compensation had made thousands of DAB-radios, which were in perfectly working order, obsolete over-night. Easy money.

Cheers,

M.

RE: Amazon Echo Look discontinued...

cstanton — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 15:19:02 GMT

Sounds like it's time for a tear-down.

RE: Amazon Echo Look discontinued...

dubbie — Sat, 30 May 2020 09:49:34 GMT

It is disappointing when tech that is still working is retired against your will. I have a BT Internet Radio, which still works (I assume it does anyway) which I used to listen to BBC Radios 1 - 5. Unfortunately the BBC decided not to continuing broadcasting their radio stations in the format used by this radio so I can no longer listen to these stations. It was a present and it just seems a shame to throw it away but I do not have use for it now. Maybe I'll make it into a mobile robot one day, or possibly make it into something else.

Dubbie

RE: Amazon Echo Look discontinued...

shabaz — Fri, 29 May 2020 17:42:21 GMT

Hi Ralph,

Sorry to hear that. It is getting common for businesses to treat consumers this way. There should have been some migration method, compensation for the inconvenience and at least a years notice I feel..