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> If this hasn't already started, I'm sure we're on the cusp of it and it'll only get more prevalent as these things become more outdated.

Apps on my previous Blu-ray player from just 2010 had been disappearing from the device for years, as the developers decided to stop supporting them. I replaced it because it started having trouble reading disks, but its utility had been falling for a couple years before that, one previously-supported feature at a time. It's one reason that I'm not planning on owning any smart devices in the near future.



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