Hey! You know the really neat thing about the Internet Of Things is that manufacturers really could start requiring all kinds of things in their TOS to use the physical item!
Why, you could have the device only work in certain regions, requiring new fees for new regions if you move!
You could enable features only if additional fees are paid! Free2CooK (broiling available for just 60 credits)!
Monthly subscription fees!
You could cross-market, requiring access to read information on your pocket computer (phone), in order to control your device!
Oh man, The Internet Of Things is gonna be so awesome!
The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please."
He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you."
"I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt."
...he found the contract. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.
"You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug.
Why, you could have the device only work in certain regions, requiring new fees for new regions if you move!
You could enable features only if additional fees are paid! Free2CooK (broiling available for just 60 credits)!
Monthly subscription fees!
You could cross-market, requiring access to read information on your pocket computer (phone), in order to control your device!
Oh man, The Internet Of Things is gonna be so awesome!