“Unacceptable”: Spotify bricking Automobile Factor gadgets in Dec. with out refunds

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House owners of Spotify’s soon-to-be-bricked Automobile Factor machine are begging the corporate to open-source the devices to avoid wasting the landfill. Spotify hasn’t responded to pleas to salvage the {hardware}, which was initially meant to hook up with automobile dashboards and auxiliary shops to allow drivers to take heed to and navigate Spotify.

Spotify introduced at the moment that it is bricking all bought Automobile Issues on December 9 and never providing refunds or trade-in choices. On a assist web page, Spotify says:

We’re discontinuing Automobile Factor as a part of our ongoing efforts to streamline our product choices. We perceive it might be disappointing, however this choice permits us to deal with creating new options and enhancements that can finally present a greater expertise to all Spotify customers.

Spotify has no additional steering for machine homeowners past asking them to reset the machine to manufacturing facility settings and “safely” do away with the bricked gadget by “following native digital waste tips.”