Slashdot Mirror
Microsoft To Offer Band Refunds, Announces End of Apps and Services (theverge.com)
Microsoft is officially killing off its Microsoft Band and Microsoft Health Dashboard apps and services on May 31st. "The software giant already discontinued its wrist-worn Band fitness tracker more than two years ago, but the company has kept the Band apps running to support existing users," reports The Verge. "That will now change on May 31st, with the backend services ending and the apps being removed from the Microsoft Store, Google Play, and Apple's App Store." From the report: Existing Band users will be able to export their data before the end of May, and services powered by the cloud will cease to function in June. Band users should still be able to record daily steps, heart rate, and workouts, alongside activity data, sleep tracking, and alarm functionality. If a Band user resets a device then it will be "impossible to set up the device again" according to Microsoft.
Some Microsoft Band users will be eligible for a refund from the software giant, though. Microsoft is letting active users who have synced data from a Band to the Health Dashboard between December 1st 2018 and March 1st 2019 apply for a refund on their hardware. Surprisingly, Microsoft is offering $79.99 for Band 1 owners, and $175 for Band 2 devices. If your Microsoft Band is also covered under warranty, the same refund values will be available.
Some Microsoft Band users will be eligible for a refund from the software giant, though. Microsoft is letting active users who have synced data from a Band to the Health Dashboard between December 1st 2018 and March 1st 2019 apply for a refund on their hardware. Surprisingly, Microsoft is offering $79.99 for Band 1 owners, and $175 for Band 2 devices. If your Microsoft Band is also covered under warranty, the same refund values will be available.
Why the fuck would anybody buy in goods as services when corporations routinely abandon them. Come on, they offer this shit and I guess most people like me look that the goods as a service and the first consideration, will it last, is it a shitty investment, in cost, time and learning (apparently wasting your time learning the product, well, HA HA sucker).
So yeah goods as a service, straight away a big no, because they routinely cancel them. Why waste my time and money. Either it entirely runs locally or I simply refuse to buy it. Goods as a service either free of simply go away, not interested because corporations routinely lie about the quality and longevity of a product and not just a little but a whole damn lot especially American corporations (the seppo name is not without reason).
Chaos - everything, everywhere, everywhen