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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service” (www.theregister.com)

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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's good UX, the real fuckup is using default admin credentials om your router.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Im safe.

I changed u:admin p:admin to u:root p:service

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I wasn't too concerned previously as my routers are only exposing their services to the local network.

I understand the view that it's a superior UX but I was taken aback that it was guessing passwords for other devices on the network.