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Wink is a company that produces various smart home products than can be remotely operated via phone<ref>https://www.wink.com/</ref> | Wink is a company that produces various smart home products than can be remotely operated via phone<ref>https://www.wink.com/</ref> | ||
== Anti-consumer practices == | |||
On [https://blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription July 27, 2020], Wink started charging a subscription of $4.99 a month for their previously subscription free Smarthome Hub, rendering the $100 hub useless unless the subscription fee was paid. | |||
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Wink is a company that produces various smart home products than can be remotely operated via phone[1]
Anti-consumer practices[edit | edit source]
On July 27, 2020, Wink started charging a subscription of $4.99 a month for their previously subscription free Smarthome Hub, rendering the $100 hub useless unless the subscription fee was paid.