jarfil@beehaw.org 18 hours ago
These shenanigans are likely illegal in the EU:
- All products have to offer a minimum of 2 years if warranty, including access to online services on the same terms as sold. If they can’t afford 2 years of servers, then they shouldn’t’ve made the basic service free from the beginning.
- Collecting excessive personal data (not personally identifiable, just personal) without prior approval by the user, like data about whether a user would pay or not, is a GDPR violation.
If people got serious, they’d be looking at some lawsuits and fines.
Crotaro@beehaw.org 4 hours ago
True, true. We literally omly have a wood furnace, so are absolutely not affected by this, but I’ll see how reporting potential GDPR violations in the name of someone else works.