Who can forget Phillips Hue lighting? When they released their second-generation hub with no new features, nobody was buying it. So they forced a firmware update to disable first-generation hubs! "We're gonna hold every $50 bulb hostage until you pay our hub ransom. We'll do this any time we need some cash."
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Phillips Hue the worst culprit
Who can forget Phillips Hue lighting? When they released their second-generation hub with no new features, nobody was buying it. So they forced a firmware update to disable first-generation hubs! "We're gonna hold every $50 bulb hostage until you pay our hub ransom. We'll do this any time we need some cash."