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Weather-monitoring firm hangs dark cloud over customers’ heads by forcing new app
Newer AcuRite Now app lacks some features but has a subscription option.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/05/weather-monitoring-firm-hangs-dark-cloud-over-customers-heads-by-forcing-new-app/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
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Guess I need to start plugging the bits together to get a 433MHz sensor plugged into my HA.
@arstechnica No surprise. Acurite is a shit company who has a history of ripping customers off.
@arstechnica The same lesson keeps being taught. If you are dependent on someone else's server for a device you purchased, you do not own the device.
@arstechnica Enshittification of the weather.
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