Comment by rubyfan

Comment by rubyfan 6 hours ago

I bought a new treadmill with a 24” screen on it. The screen should have been the red flag I guess. They want $40 a month to use the screen if I want to watch Netflix while I run, or sync my running data to Apple Health. There is no way to change this as far as I can tell and if they went out of business I’m sure my equipment would become a brick.

apparent 3 hours ago

Was the subscription pricing mentioned during the purchase flow, even if you didn't happen to see it at the time?

At $500/yr, seems like it'd be cheaper to just buy a tablet and use that instead of the built-in screen.

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ileonichwiesz 6 hours ago

I guess it’s time to pop it open and do one of those classic “how I rewired this thing to work how I want” HN posts.

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rubyfan 4 hours ago

I was thinking about that, and then figured just paying the $40 for the next 5 years is probably cheaper.

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footy 2 hours ago

That's more than I pay to use the gym.

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cpursley 3 hours ago

Perhaps I’m reaching, but why not just run outside? Cold? What’s a gym cost where you are? $40 just seems like a lot in addition to the amortized cost of the basement clothes rack, I meant exercise machine.

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