What happens when you smart device stops being supported?
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Hi, this is Bill Sikkens, host of User
Friendly 2.0 Saturdays
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:here on The Answer
with this week's Tech Wednesday.
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:It's been in the news
that a company called Arcade
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:One up is probably shutting down,
with another company
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:getting a lot of their assets fine.
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:And this company manufactures replicas of
old arcade cabinets for use in the home.
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:These were never meant
to be used in an arcade,
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:but if you want an original Pac-Man
to buy, these cost less.
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:They're easier to come by and are reliable
because they're new technology.
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:But in with all of these things,
there's a lot of products that they have
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:that require apps or servers to operate.
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:And when a company like this goes away,
what happens to all of that?
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:Does your device break?
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:This week on User Friendly 2.0, we're
going to be talking about these topics
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:not just with arcade one up,
but in general,
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:because what happens if you buy
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:a smart device and the app goes away
or it's no longer supported?
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:There are some cases where you can work
around it and some that you can't.
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:Join us Saturday
here on The Answer for User
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:Friendly 2.0
or check us out a userfriendly.show.
