Imagine if that refrigerator you bought just five years ago suddenly up and died—and not because of some technical glitch, but because the manufacturer deliberately reached out and deactivated it, permanently. You’d be furious, right? And you’d probably want a refund, too.

As wild as that scenario sounds for a major appliance like a refrigerator or a TV, it happens more often than you’d think in the smart home world. From the doomed Dropcam to the abandoned Revolv smart hub, there’s a long, sad parade of smart home devices that have turned into paperweights.

We’ve compiled a list of 12 infamous examples of killer smart home products that—for one reason or another—were abandoned by their manufacturers.

These deactivated smart home gadgets have either mostly or completely ceased to functi

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