Philips Hue app disables light control until users accept updated firmware, T&Cs

I always wonder about the people that control the social media accounts. I couldn't toe the company line and color a restriction as some kind of benefit, and I kind of wonder how they deal with the cognitive dissonance.

It's a weird culture, where an "update" is a universally, unquestionably good thing. To me, it always means "trouble", and often (but not always) means a useful enhancement that might balance out the inconvenience imposed by the change. But the process of enhancement shouldn't ever interfere with basic use of the device. Forced updates make me want to abandon the product.

Nice light you have there. It would be a shame if something were to happen to it...

There was probably some zero-day that they didn't want to disclose via twitter.

Tbh I rather have forced updates, than a billion owned internet of things devices being part of a botnet for spam or ddos.