Technology Spotify will brick customers' $90 Car Thing on December 9th

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https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/23/24163383/spotify-car-thing-discontinued-december-2024

Customers who bought the Car Thing are receiving emails warning that it will stop working altogether as of December 9th.

Unfortunately for those owners, Spotify isn’t offering any kind of subscription credit or automatic refund for the device — nor is the company open-sourcing it. Rather, it’s just canning the project and telling people to (responsibly) dispose of Car Thing.

The Car Thing hardware was quite nice considering it was Spotify’s first go, but the product was more of a remote control for Spotify on your mobile phone than any kind of standalone player. That limited its appeal, though the device still found a niche community.

Car Thing discontinued - Spotify

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