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That reminds me of this monstrosity https://www.walmart.com/ip/Neutrogena-Light-Therapy-Acne-Treatment-Face-Mask-1-ct/168984043
You have to buy new "activators" every 30 uses as a way of increasing profits... You know rather than just letting users replace the batteries.
This seems easy to hack. Just dig into it and hook it up to a wall wort with the applicable resistor, then sell the monstrosity on eBay for 2x the cost.
I can imagine the company suing
I can imagine them fucking off.
I can imagine all of you naked.
That escalated quickly.
I imagined that it would escalate quickly.
Wait, you guys are clothed?!
Nothing to sue over.
Reminded me of this: https://www.trojanbrands.com/en/products/sex-toys-vibrators/trojan-tandem-couples-vibrating-ring And Louis Rossmann's repair video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv88A4vI960
"Please drink..."
Who knows the rest?
60 dollars for 10 dollars worth of electronics with no moving components... of course they wouldn't let you just keep using it for years