If you don't own the infrastructure, you don't own it.
Logitech Will Brick the Harmony Link Hub
Gruber said, "This sucks, but it seems like the way of the future with cloud-backed products. In the old days, products stopped working when they broke. Now, they stop working when the company that sold them loses interest in continuing to support them. It feels spiteful. More than ever, it matters how much you trust the company from which you buy stuff."
This is truth.