Yeah, we are basically all fucking tired of the "subscribe to everything" model and your stupid "MRR" projections. Fuck yourself. If you can't exist building a product like this without a forced subscription then you should not exist. Archive: https://archive.today/xWT3X From the post: >>Having a charger installed at home for your electric car is very convenient, not only for the obvious home charging, but also for having scheduling and other features built-in. Sadly, like with so many devices today, these tend to be tethered to a remote service managed by the manufacturer. In the case of the JuiceBox charger that [Nathan Matias] and many of his neighbors bought into years ago, back then it and the associated JuiceNet service was still part of a quirky startup. After the startup got snapped up by a large company, things got so bad that [Nathan] and others saw themselves required to find a way to untether their EV chargers.