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  • Apple's Mac Pro Afterburner Card is now available for standalone purchase

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    I know there are no answers at this time, but I’d love to know if/when Adobe apps could use this card. Presumably it could be programmed to accelerate Photoshop functions which would be very useful to me. 

    I want to want a Mac Pro, but without Adobe optimizing for the hardware, it’s unlikely I’ll go that route. 
    watto_cobra

  • Sonos ends 'Recycle Mode' for legacy products after consumer backlash

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    dysamoria said:

    Initially, the Trade Up program required users to put their devices in "Recycle Mode," a mode that permanently bricked the devices so they could not connect to a home network or other Sonos gear.

    An utterly environmentally offensive, and utterly unethical business policy. This kind of abusive BS is why we need to regulate capitalism and corporations.
    "regulation" was successful. The market spoke and the policy was reversed. Problem solved.
    razorpitwatto_cobra

  • Sonos ends 'Recycle Mode' for legacy products after consumer backlash

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    rotateleftbyte said:
    We call what they did... "Doing a Ratner"

    The owner of a chain or Jewellers, Gerald Ratner said that the stuff his shops sold was mostly cr*p. They didin't last very long after that.
    Shoot self in foot with gun.

    I wouldn't own any of their kit now even if it was free.
    Companies that deliberately brick kit that you have bought need to be sued out of existence. This will come and it won't be far away.
    I'm not going to defend what was a dumb idea, except to point out that you voluntarily bricked your device in return for a 30% discount on a brand new device.

    Bricking the old device was still a dumb idea and that requirement has been removed, but the 30% discount is still in effect.
    watto_cobra

  • Sonos ends 'Recycle Mode' for legacy products after consumer backlash

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    ITGUYINSD said:
    polymnia said:
    Nice move. I hope they have learned something about PR from this. 

    Honestly, offering a discount to replace truly obsolete product is kind of a brilliant idea that incentivizes Sonos to keep their product in the field compatible with the latest software while rewarding loyal customers who still love their Sonos gear after many years of use. 

    It’s too bad the upgrade program was rolled out so awkwardly. They have squandered what could have been a lot of goodwill. 
    I have 4 "truly obsolete products" -- Zone Players and Connect units, and they work as well today as the day I bought them.  They stream music from the internet and play it through an existing, connected stereo system or just a pair of speakers (in the case of a ZonePlayer which is amplified).  Not sure why I would need to spend over a thousand dollars to replace them with new hardware that does basically the same thing.  
    You don’t have to. Why would you if the software you use now meets your needs? 

    I have 2 “truly obsolete products” myself. They meet my needs, too. 

    It is nice to know that should some compelling new software feature become available, I can get a 30% upgrade discount from Sonos and keep/sell/recycle my old device at my discretion. 

    It is unreasonable to expect Sonos to continue to make its latest software compatible with its oldest devices forever. 

    How would customers feel if Sonos had presented this new software policy like this:

    Our oldest hardware can no longer run our newest software. Good news, if you are happy with how your system works today, it will continue to work with the current software perpetually. However, if you want to follow where Sonos is going in the future, we will offer a 30% upgrade discount (one-per-serial-number) and you are free to sell or recycle your older device—even continue using it in legacy software mode if that would be useful. 

    That is a policy that could have generated significant goodwill. Sadly, they botched it by trying to force retirement by bricking devices. Even now that they’ve reversed course, that’s all people want to talk about. 

    What if Apple started offering 30% off a new iPhone if you still used one that no longer received iOS updates?
    watto_cobra

  • Sonos ends 'Recycle Mode' for legacy products after consumer backlash

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    seanismorris said:
    polymnia said:
    Nice move. I hope they have learned something about PR from this. 

    Honestly, offering a discount to replace truly obsolete product is kind of a brilliant idea that incentivizes Sonos to keep their product in the field compatible with the latest software while rewarding loyal customers who still love their Sonos gear after many years of use. 

    It’s too bad the upgrade program was rolled out so awkwardly. They have squandered what could have been a lot of goodwill. 
    Bricking perfectly good hardware is a good thing?  Perhaps car manufacturers should do that. /s

    Sonos is a trash company.  
    If you read the article, they ARE NOT bricking perfectly good hardware anymore. 
    mac_dog