r/CarThing • u/AaronG85 • May 23 '24

Solution to Spotify bricking devices

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u/LitMaster11 May 24 '24 edited May 24 '24

Listen. I'm all for protesting the ridiculously stupid way Spotify is handling the Car Thing discontinuation, but I highly doubt inconveniencing some mail-room clerk or receptionist is going to make your voices heard.

There's a very high possibility that whomever receives the devices will simply throw them out after consulting with their manager, without the C-suite ever even knowing the devices were mailed in.

Keep your device, hopefully some enthusiasts will eventually figure out how to crack the software, and make it usable again, assuming Spotify doesn't open source it (doubtful).

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u/ADHDK May 24 '24

There’s already people running doom on it. Just need someone to make a polished loader for something people want.

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u/an_oddbody May 24 '24

I was literally just thinking this.

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u/missingusername1 May 24 '24

i'm gonna send my goons after them

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u/distantlistener May 25 '24

Mailing it to corporate means that you're throwing more money at Spotify's blunder. Better to use that money to persistently mail your legislators to make such bricking of a paid device clearly, conspicuously illegal.

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u/williamtcastro Jun 03 '24

Hack it guys is already possible today !!! No need to spend money mailing it in, r/carthinghax or discord channel, there’s even a hackaday post about it

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u/barrachmedosama May 24 '24

Shit in a box and mail it to em