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Logitech is going to intentionally brick all Harmony Link universal hubs
Posted on 11/8/17 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 11/8/17 at 1:59 pm
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Logitech will intentionally brick all Harmony Link universal hubs next year, on March 16, 2018. The company has emailed all Harmony Link customers with the bad news.
There is nothing wrong with Harmony Link devices.
The company says a "technology certificate license" will expire next year, which they don't intend to extend.
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Logitech is offering a 35% discount for all Harmony Link owners when buying a newer Harmony Hub.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 2:17 pm
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Posted on 11/8/17 at 2:06 pm to SlowFlowPro
Your thread title worried me at first.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 2:16 pm to bbap
sorry. i edited
Posted on 11/8/17 at 2:51 pm to bbap
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Your thread title worried me at first.
Jesus. How could it have been more dire than the current one?
They should issue refunds, not discounts.
Posted on 11/8/17 at 3:15 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
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Jesus. How could it have been more dire than the current one?
It initially said all harmony products or something like that. I don't know what harmony link is but i dont think i have anything in that line.
eta: on second thought maybe my hub is a harmony link. I'm not sure now.
etaa: i have the regular harmony hub. So i'm good for now.
This post was edited on 11/8/17 at 3:20 pm
Posted on 11/8/17 at 3:40 pm to bbap
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It initially said all harmony products or something like that.
Yeah, that's worse. Even now, it's so outlandish, it's hard to believe it's not an Onion headline. They really need to issue refunds, like Video Guide did when they discontinued their service. 
Posted on 11/8/17 at 6:30 pm to bbap
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It initially said all harmony products or something like that
If they brick one product on purpose, they might as well brick them all as far as I'm concerned. No way in hell will I ever buy a Logitech product in the future.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:18 am to SlowFlowPro
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technology certificate license
Is that code for a SSL cert?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 8:10 am to philabuck
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Is that code for a SSL cert?
It can't be, can it? I mean, aren't those certs like $50?
Posted on 11/9/17 at 9:43 am to colorchangintiger
This is why I hate having every device connected to the internet. I'm all about segregation of tech to avoid this issue and others that arise by letting the companies in control have instantaneous access to force-update and force-install.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 9:51 am to SlowFlowPro
For those of you, like me, who just bought that Harmony Ultimate from Costco or Amazon, we're in the clear!
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we are focusing resources on our current app-based remote, the Harmony Hub,"
Posted on 11/9/17 at 3:40 pm to colorchangintiger
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It can't be, can it? I mean, aren't those certs like $50?
Yeah, or even free. It costs more per year for electricity to run the server.
Their explanation is obviously short on details, but it sounds like they used some sort of 3rd party cert for something security related, and it must be expensive.
IMO, if that's the case, that's just another poor decision they made. The first was making hardware rely on the internet.
Regardless, there simply must be a solution here that Logitech just doesn't feel like implementing. And for that reason I won't be relying on them for anything.
Sometimes I feel crazy for preferring open source whenever possible, but then companies do idiotic things like this and I feel a lot less crazy.
Posted on 11/9/17 at 3:59 pm to Korkstand
Posted on 11/9/17 at 7:39 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Glad they're doing the right thing now, but it's a damn shame it took all this blowback for it to happen.
There is still the issue of them making poor design decisions to begin with. Does anyone know if their new hubs also require the internet to function?
There is still the issue of them making poor design decisions to begin with. Does anyone know if their new hubs also require the internet to function?
Posted on 11/10/17 at 7:14 am to Korkstand
What’s the difference between the link and hub? I didn’t buy mine so I’m not sure which one I have.
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