▲ 106 ▼ Van poof! Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof goes bankrupt, leaving riders stranded (www.npr.org) submitted 3 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments The sophisticated bicycle has attracted fans in Europe and the U.S., but repairs under warranty have bled the company of money.
[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 12 points 3 years ago (2 children) I mean... you can still use the pedals, right? 😁 permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Inductor@feddit.de 9 points 3 years ago (3 children) Not necessarily, depending on how you've set it up, the bicycle has to connect to their servers to unlock. So if they shut down the servers, you can't even use the pedals. Here's a video about it. (in German) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] xkforce@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago The more I hear about this company the more I am convinced that it deserved to die off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Inductor@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Something similar happened last year. A company that made eye implants to help blind people see went bankrupt, and suddenly they weren't around to repair/replace/remove the implants anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Holy shit. That one lady was just walking around the New York subway and her eye implant went dark. That's wild. Imagine if that happened to a wheelchair user, or someone with a prosthetic leg. Or an artificial internal organ! The company just shuts down and so do your body parts? Truly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=Ttbl6Jx4ltQ Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent [–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago *insert StarWars meme. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Inductor@feddit.de 9 points 3 years ago (3 children) Not necessarily, depending on how you've set it up, the bicycle has to connect to their servers to unlock. So if they shut down the servers, you can't even use the pedals. Here's a video about it. (in German) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] xkforce@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago The more I hear about this company the more I am convinced that it deserved to die off. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Inductor@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Something similar happened last year. A company that made eye implants to help blind people see went bankrupt, and suddenly they weren't around to repair/replace/remove the implants anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Holy shit. That one lady was just walking around the New York subway and her eye implant went dark. That's wild. Imagine if that happened to a wheelchair user, or someone with a prosthetic leg. Or an artificial internal organ! The company just shuts down and so do your body parts? Truly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PipedLinkBot@feddit.rocks [B] 2 points 3 years ago Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=Ttbl6Jx4ltQ Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] xkforce@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago The more I hear about this company the more I am convinced that it deserved to die off. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 points 3 years ago (1 child) Whiskey Tango Foxtrot :D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Inductor@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Something similar happened last year. A company that made eye implants to help blind people see went bankrupt, and suddenly they weren't around to repair/replace/remove the implants anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Holy shit. That one lady was just walking around the New York subway and her eye implant went dark. That's wild. Imagine if that happened to a wheelchair user, or someone with a prosthetic leg. Or an artificial internal organ! The company just shuts down and so do your body parts? Truly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Inductor@feddit.de 4 points 3 years ago (1 child) Something similar happened last year. A company that made eye implants to help blind people see went bankrupt, and suddenly they weren't around to repair/replace/remove the implants anymore. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Holy shit. That one lady was just walking around the New York subway and her eye implant went dark. That's wild. Imagine if that happened to a wheelchair user, or someone with a prosthetic leg. Or an artificial internal organ! The company just shuts down and so do your body parts? Truly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0101010001110100@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 years ago Holy shit. That one lady was just walking around the New York subway and her eye implant went dark. That's wild. Imagine if that happened to a wheelchair user, or someone with a prosthetic leg. Or an artificial internal organ! The company just shuts down and so do your body parts? Truly terrifying. permalink fedilink source parent
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[–] coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago *insert StarWars meme. permalink fedilink source parent