Parents outraged at Snoo after smart bassinet company charges fee to rock crib for crying babies

While I agree, companies collude and soon we have no options.

Moreover, companies often unilaterally decide to cripple something you already have a paywall it after the fact (case in point, this garbage bassinet)

This is where regulation should come in and make this shit illegal

i would guess exactly zero hackers would buy this thing

The kind of people who would spend $1700 on something like this aren't the kind of people to track down/install custom firmware.

Lol yea:

Andrew Gwin, a father who bought the Snoo, told the Times he likened the new pay structure to having to shell out extra to use an iPhone's camera or a car's radio.

Won't take long. One company will do it then they all will. They already want to get rid of net neutrality.