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Exercise Bike Company Yanks Features Away From Purchased Bikes Via Firmware Update (www.techdirt.com)
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[–] greengnu@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I just don't get why people buy a stationary bike for more money than a real bike and a cycle charger setup with a raspberry PI

[–] peppers_ghost@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

probably because the average person doesn't want to tinker with shit and would rather it just work out of the box

[–] greengnu@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

fair, it is amazing how unwilling to repair shit people have become. It is like the 80s/90s computer junk cycle has spread into all other products.