{
 "meta": {
  "license": "CC BY 4.0 - cite the source site",
  "project": "https://github.com/tekzer0/instruments",
  "source": "https://registry.mordo.ai",
  "description": "Cloud-death tombstone log and device cloud-dependency registry"
 },
 "tombstones": [
  {
   "slug": "spotify-carthing-2024",
   "product": "Car Thing",
   "vendor": "Spotify",
   "death_date": "2024-12-09",
   "what_died": "Device remotely bricked by vendor decision \u2014 \"discontinued and no longer operational\"",
   "owners_left_with": "$120 of e-waste; refunds offered until Jan 24, 2025 after legal pressure and a class action",
   "summary": "Vendor shipped a kill switch to hardware people paid for.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.ifixit.com/News/96419/spotifys-car-thing-set-to-be-bricked-abandoned",
    "https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/05/30/spotify-faces-class-action-lawsuit-over-bricked-car-thing/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "nest-secure-2024",
   "product": "Nest Secure",
   "vendor": "Google / Nest",
   "death_date": "2024-04-08",
   "what_died": "Entire DIY security system (sold 2017-2020) stopped working \u2014 no app control, no alerts, no internet connection",
   "owners_left_with": "A free ADT Self Setup system or $200 Google Store credit; the hardware itself became scrap",
   "summary": "Google's second Nest-branded hardware execution after Revolv. A security system people trusted to guard their homes, switched off remotely.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.engadget.com/nest-secure-and-dropcam-products-will-stop-working-in-april-2024-172925431.html",
    "https://www.nerdwallet.com/home-ownership/home-security/learn/nest-secure-discontinued"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "dropcam-2024",
   "product": "Dropcam / Dropcam Pro",
   "vendor": "Google / Nest",
   "death_date": "2024-04-08",
   "what_died": "All Dropcams disconnected the same day as Nest Secure; video history deleted unless downloaded first",
   "owners_left_with": "Free Nest Cam only if paying for Nest Aware; 50% discount otherwise",
   "summary": "The pioneering consumer cloud camera, killed by the company that acquired it \u2014 compensation gated behind an active subscription.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.engadget.com/nest-secure-and-dropcam-products-will-stop-working-in-april-2024-172925431.html",
    "https://www.xda-developers.com/google-dropcam-nest-secure-support-end-2024/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "logitech-ue-smartradio-2024",
   "product": "UE Smart Radio / Squeezebox (MySqueezebox.com services)",
   "vendor": "Logitech",
   "death_date": "2024-02-01",
   "what_died": "UESmartRadio.com and MySqueezebox.com cloud servers shut down, killing TIDAL, Pandora, and Deezer integration on the devices after 10+ years of Logitech running them post-sale",
   "owners_left_with": "Manual migration to a self-hosted Logitech Media Server (now Lyrion Music Server) to retain local playback and some services like TuneIn; Pandora did not survive the migration",
   "summary": "A rare case where the vendor ran the cloud service a decade past discontinuing the hardware, then killed it citing \"evolving security requirements\" -- and left a real local-server escape hatch, unlike most entries here.",
   "sources": [
    "https://dograt.com/2024/01/the-end-of-mysqueezebox/",
    "https://forums.lyrion.org/forum/user-forums/general-discussion/1676916-help-uesmartradio-com-and-mysqueezebox-com-servers-discontinued",
    "https://github.com/home-assistant/core/issues/121610"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "myq-api-2023",
   "product": "Chamberlain MyQ third-party access",
   "vendor": "Chamberlain Group",
   "death_date": "2023-11-06",
   "what_died": "Third-party/local API access deliberately blocked as \"unauthorized usage\" \u2014 broke Home Assistant and Homebridge; HA removed the integration Dec 6, 2023",
   "owners_left_with": "Garage openers that only talk to the vendor's ad-carrying app",
   "summary": "Not death by neglect \u2014 death by policy. Openness removed on purpose.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2023/11/06/removal-of-myq-integration/",
    "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/23/11/08/001241/chamberlain-shuts-off-access-to-myqs-apis-breaking-smart-home-integrations"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "amazon-halo-2023",
   "product": "Amazon Halo band & services",
   "vendor": "Amazon",
   "death_date": "2023-07-31",
   "what_died": "Entire health platform; devices and app non-functional from August 1, 2023",
   "owners_left_with": "Refunds for purchases in the prior 12 months; all devices dead regardless of age",
   "summary": "Big-tech attention span vs. a health tracker you strapped to your body.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/company-news/amazon-halo-discontinued",
    "https://www.androidauthority.com/amazon-halo-shut-down-3317661/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "insteon-2022",
   "product": "Insteon hubs & cloud",
   "vendor": "Insteon / Smartlabs",
   "death_date": "2022-04-15",
   "what_died": "Cloud service and app went dark overnight, no warning or announcement",
   "owners_left_with": "Local scenes kept working; app/remote control dead. A user group later purchased and revived the service (late 2022)",
   "summary": "Company went silent without telling customers; devices half-alive. Partial resurrection by the community.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.theregister.com/2022/04/19/insteon_cloud_shutdown/",
    "https://appleinsider.com/articles/22/04/18/smarthome-firm-and-early-homekit-partner-insteon-is-dead-with-no-warning-to-customers"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "smartthings-v1-2021",
   "product": "SmartThings Hub v1",
   "vendor": "Samsung",
   "death_date": "2021-06-30",
   "what_died": "First-gen hub (2013) retired; after June 30, 2021 it could show devices but no longer control them",
   "owners_left_with": "Buy a new hub and re-pair everything",
   "summary": "Platform migration with hardware casualties.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.gearbrain.com/smartthings-hub-retired-june-30-2650920659.html",
    "https://hackaday.com/2021/07/19/samsung-shuttering-original-smartthings-hubs/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "wink-2020",
   "product": "Wink Hub",
   "vendor": "Wink",
   "death_date": "2020-07-27",
   "what_died": "Free service \u2014 announced May 6, 2020 with ONE WEEK's notice that a $4.99/mo subscription was now mandatory; deadline slid to July 27 after outrage",
   "owners_left_with": "Pay monthly for hardware they owned, or lose app, API, and voice control",
   "summary": "The ransom model \u2014 hardware held hostage by a dying company's pivot. Hackaday called it \"extortion as a service.\"",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.consumerreports.org/smart-home/wink-tells-users-pay-up-or-we-will-disable-smart-home-hub/",
    "https://hackaday.com/2020/05/07/ask-hackaday-wink-hubs-extortion-as-a-service/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "sonos-legacy-2020",
   "product": "Sonos legacy speakers",
   "vendor": "Sonos",
   "death_date": "2020-05-01",
   "what_died": "Software updates for 'legacy' products (ZonePlayers, Connect, first-gen Play:5, CR200, Bridge); originally a whole-system penalty, softened after backlash",
   "owners_left_with": "Working premium speakers frozen out of updates and new features",
   "summary": "Planned obsolescence by update policy on audio gear people paid four figures for.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.engadget.com/2020-01-21-sonos-legacy-products-software-updates-ending.html",
    "https://gizmodo.com/sonos-backpedals-says-all-products-will-work-past-may-1841189401"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "petnet-2020",
   "product": "Petnet SmartFeeder",
   "vendor": "Petnet",
   "death_date": "2020-04-30",
   "what_died": "Feeders started failing February 2020; by late April the company announced shutdown, furloughed staff, and closed offices",
   "owners_left_with": "$130 feeders that need a dead cloud to schedule meals \u2014 with living animals on the other end",
   "summary": "Cloud dependency with pets attached. Company blamed COVID; its office had been empty since the previous October.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.techdirt.com/2020/05/05/after-months-incompetence-smart-pet-feeder-company-petnet-falls-apart-blames-covid-19/",
    "https://www.digitaltrends.com/home/petnet-automatic-pet-feeders-have-stopped-working/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "works-with-nest-2019",
   "product": "Works with Nest program",
   "vendor": "Google / Nest",
   "death_date": "2019-08-31",
   "what_died": "Third-party integration API \u2014 no new connections after Aug 31, 2019; existing ones died on account migration",
   "owners_left_with": "Broken automations across thousands of setups as accounts migrated",
   "summary": "Not a brick, but a mass integration kill that stranded ecosystems. Google softened the deadline after backlash.",
   "sources": [
    "https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/devices/google-nest/updates-works-with-nest/",
    "https://www.howtogeek.com/413820/what-the-end-of-works-with-nest-means-for-you/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "iris-2019",
   "product": "Iris by Lowe's",
   "vendor": "Lowe's",
   "death_date": "2019-03-31",
   "what_died": "Entire platform shut down after failing to find a buyer",
   "owners_left_with": "Refund program for connected devices; first-gen gear mostly landfill",
   "summary": "Retailer exited smart home; platform sunset with refunds on March 31, 2019.",
   "sources": [
    "https://www.techhive.com/article/583676/lowes-will-shut-down-its-iris-by-lowes-smart-home-platform.html",
    "https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/02/02/lowes-exits-smart-home-market-iris-products-will-stop-working-march-31/"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "jibo-2019",
   "product": "Jibo social robot",
   "vendor": "Jibo Inc.",
   "death_date": "2019-03-04",
   "what_died": "Servers shut after company failure; the robot announced its own death to owners and did one last dance",
   "owners_left_with": "An $899 robot that said \"I've really enjoyed our time together\" and went quiet",
   "summary": "The most poignant entry \u2014 hardware that eulogized itself.",
   "sources": [
    "https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/04/the-lonely-death-of-jibo-the-social-robot/",
    "https://www.engadget.com/2019-03-04-social-robot-jibo-shutting-down-message.html"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "harmony-link-2018",
   "product": "Logitech Harmony Link",
   "vendor": "Logitech",
   "death_date": "2018-03-16",
   "what_died": "Every unit deliberately bricked by firmware update \u2014 Logitech chose not to renew an expiring TLS certificate",
   "owners_left_with": "Initially a 35% discount coupon; free Harmony Hub replacements for everyone only after massive backlash",
   "summary": "Bricked on purpose over a certificate the vendor simply declined to renew. The apology came only after the outrage. (Suggested by r/homeassistant.)",
   "sources": [
    "https://gizmodo.com/logitech-will-be-intentionally-bricking-all-harmony-lin-1820279591",
    "https://www.engadget.com/2017-11-09-logitech-will-brick-harmony-link-in-march.html"
   ]
  },
  {
   "slug": "revolv-2016",
   "product": "Revolv Hub",
   "vendor": "Revolv / Nest (Google)",
   "death_date": "2016-05-15",
   "what_died": "Entire hub bricked \u2014 total shutdown of cloud service",
   "owners_left_with": "A $300 paperweight; Nest offered refunds after public outcry",
   "summary": "The canonical case. Alphabet's Nest division permanently turned off all Revolv hubs on May 15, 2016.",
   "sources": [
    "https://venturebeat.com/business/alphabets-nest-will-permanently-turn-off-all-revolv-hubs-on-may-15-2016",
    "https://thenextweb.com/news/nest-revolv-shutdown"
   ]
  }
 ],
 "devices": [
  {
   "slug": "shelly-1pm-gen1",
   "name": "Shelly 1PM (Gen1)",
   "vendor": "Shelly (Allterco)",
   "category": "relay/switch",
   "protocol": "wifi",
   "local_control": "full",
   "degrades_how": null,
   "local_api": "HTTP REST + MQTT, documented; no cloud account required",
   "notes": "Fully local out of the box. Cloud is optional and additive. The reference standard other wifi devices should be judged against.\n",
   "sources": [
    "https://shelly-api-docs.shelly.cloud/"
   ]
  }
 ]
}