They should fire the individuals responsible and blast that news to the world, and focus on providing a device that doesn't become yet another wallet sucker. If they don't, they won't even be a footnote in gadget history. e-ink screens are becoming accessible, patents are expiring, and sbcs and socs are becoming trivial to develop with.
As-a-service models are rent seeking grift and doomed to failure once a sufficient portion of the population becomes tech literate.
> As-a-service models are rent seeking grift and doomed to failure once a sufficient portion of the population becomes tech literate
I don't think the tech literacy in western countries will change much. And it has nothing to do with the as-a-service model, which makes a lot of sense in many scenarios, on both the seller's side (predictable cashflow, finances updating old(er) software instead of churning new services/products that need to sell) and the buyers' ( you know you keep getting updates and the provider can't just not fix a serious issue). Why wouldn't a cloud sync service be as a service? You're literally paying for an ongoing thing ( storage somewhere).
Yeh I was a big fan and waited over a year for the original. Its main drawback has always been it's crappy sync with Dropbox etc. 100 dollars are year for that? Get last time I buy a Remarkable...
As-a-service models are rent seeking grift and doomed to failure once a sufficient portion of the population becomes tech literate.