{"id":115198,"date":"2020-07-10T01:13:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T01:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/07\/10\/home-automation-firm-wink-to-enforce-subscription-program-on-july-27"},"modified":"2020-07-10T01:13:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T01:13:44","slug":"home-automation-firm-wink-to-enforce-subscription-program-on-july-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/07\/10\/home-automation-firm-wink-to-enforce-subscription-program-on-july-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Home automation firm Wink to enforce subscription program on July 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/home-automation-firm-wink-to-enforce-subscription-program-on-july-27.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>After a series of delays, smart home device maker Wink is making final preparations to roll out a controversial subscription service on July 27, much to the dismay of its user base.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Announced in a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wink.com\/wink-blog\/2020\/7\/8\/update-on-the-upcoming-wink-subscription\">blog post<\/a> on the company&#8217;s website, Wink says that the new $4.99 subscription will take effect later this month. If users do not subscribe by July 27, their service will be significantly limited.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Users revolted when Wink initially announced plans to institute a subscription service, as many previously-free features will, in effect, be locked behind a paywall. Wink justified the move as a way to keep the company afloat as the upfront cost of the hardware alone was not sufficient.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>After substantial backlash, Wink <a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/20\/05\/07\/home-automation-company-wink-under-fire-for-surprise-subscription-mandate\">delayed the planned subscription service<\/a> multiple times to allow users to respond to the change, whether it be to find a new platform to migrate to or accept the new subscription terms.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>If users choose not to subscribe they will lose the ability to add new devices, update the firmware on the hub, use voice control, access their home remotely, and much more.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Users or new adopters who wish to sign up for a Wink subscription can learn more from the <a href=\"https:\/\/subscription.wink.com\/login\">company&#8217;s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a series of delays, smart home device maker Wink is making final preparations to roll out a controversial subscription service on July 27, much to the dismay of its user base. Announced in a blog post on the company&#8217;s website, Wink says that the new $4.99 subscription will take effect later this month. If [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":115199,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-apple-insider"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}