Cricut Backs Down – Cutting Machines

Standard tactic: delay enforcement for ~1 yr to let the publicity die down, but carry on with the plan on a slight delay. "We know you all hate this idea, but we think that what you really hate is the fact we sprang it on you with no warning. We're still doing to do it eventually though."

I almost have to admire it. As a society we have distressingly short memories.

This obsession with making EVERYTHING a service is killing technology in so many ways.

This device could and should operate fine with an offline application run locally on a computer. Support that, add extra incentives for the cloud services, and call it a day.