In other news, a US company just bricked their digital scales:
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/01/smart-scale-goes-dumb-as-under-armour-pulls-the-plug-on-connected-tech/
This flick-of-the-switch bricking needs to be regulated. Better yet, build a Internet-of-Stuff ecosystem that talks to a local hub first and foremost, a device that is owner-controlled and ensures that the gadget works until it croaks on its own (read: by means of normal planned obsolescence).
Biting the hand that feeds IT
