From Bleepingcomputer.com
Logitech Will Intentionally Brick All Harmony Link Devices Next Year
Updated 11/13/2017 - Free updated hardware for all customers!
There is nothing wrong with Harmony Link devices.
The company says a "technology certificate license" will expire next year, which they don't intend to extend.
The supposed license is crucial for Harmony Link devices, which means the company will have to shut down all products or face a legal battle with the unnamed certificate license owner.
In simpler words, Logitech has decided to give up on a product it advertised for the past few years just to cut some costs and will ship a firmware update on March 16, 2018, that will render all Harmony Link devices unusable.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/hardware/logitech-will-intentionally-brick-all-harmony-link-devices-next-year/
I guess I dodged a bullet on that one - it's more than $100 for the hub and controller.
I guess there's a reason that Logitech is known as the place "good technology goes to die"
So Logitech just figured out how to get me to pay monthly for one of their products. Either make it disposable like a $15 mouse, or divide the product by its life in months. The $180 hub should last 5 years, so I'll pay $3 per month. Plus, they'll have to update its software to get me to keep paying after 5 years anyway.
Sony did the opposite on my Blu-ray player. They added Pandora for free after I already owned it, but a couple of years later I bought a $1700 camera.
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