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Customers Revolt After Arlo Announces Premature End of Life for Cameras - Week in Repair

Does your tech have an expiration date? Customers who bought Arlo security cameras were told last month their devices would no longer be supported, and they weren't happy about it.

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Jack Monahan
Feb 24, 2023
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To keep an eye on the critters and animals running around her Ohio-based animal boarding service, Jodi Clum purchased 30 cameras from the security camera company Arlo Technologies, an article from the WSJ notes.

[The cameras totaled] over $6,000, and Clum spent hours wiring and mounting them throughout the kennel herself. Today, 26 are still running. 

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