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+{{CompanyCargo
+|Description=
+|Founded=2014
+|Industry=Home automation
+|Logo=Wink Logo.svg
+|ParentCompany=i.am+
+|Type=Subsidiary
+|Website=https://wink.com/|
+}}
-Wink is a company that produces various smart home products than can be remotely operated via phone<ref>https://www.wink.com/</ref>
+'''{{Wplink|Wink (platform)|Wink}}''' is a company that produces various smart home products that can be remotely operated via smart phone.
+==Consumer impact summary==
+{{Ph-C-CIS}}
-=Anti-consumer practices=
+==Incidents==
+===Introduction of subscription model (''2020—'')===
+On 27 July 2020, Wink introduced a subscription model for their previously subscription-free Smarthome Hub.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Introducing Wink Subscription |url=https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription |website=Wink |date=20 May 2020 |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521060507/https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription |archive-date=21 May 2020}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |author= |title=Update on the upcoming Wink Subscription |url=https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/7/8/update-on-the-upcoming-wink-subscription |website=Wink |date=8 Jul 2020 |access-date=15 Mar 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716235053/https://www.blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/7/8/update-on-the-upcoming-wink-subscription |archive-date=16 Jul 2020}}</ref>
-On [https://blog.wink.com/wink-blog/2020/5/6/introducing-wink-subscription July 27, 2020], Wink started charging a subscription of $4.99 a month for their previously subscription free Smarthome Hub, rendering the $100 hub useless unless the subscription fee was paid.
+Users who do not sign up will be restricted to limited functionality, including local control over select devices, such as those found in the Lights + Power menu, as well as {{Wplink|Z-Wave}} connected Locks.
+====Features no longer available without signing up====
+User will no longer have access to:<ref name=":0" />
+*Cloud and API control (voice, remote app control, third-party integrations)
+*Groups
+*Robots
+*Shortcuts
+*Activity
+*Advanced Hub settings
+Users will have no longer the ability to:<ref name=":0" />
+*View, add, delete or rename codes
+*Add devices
+*Change icons and edit device names
+*View or add saved locations
+*Share and unshare devices
+*Update hub and relay firmware
+==Products==
+{{Ph-C-P}}
+==See also==
+*[[Post-purchase EULA modification]]
+==References==
+{{Reflist}}
+[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
+[[Category:Retroactively amended purchase]]