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|[https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/16zkzj9/my_400_baby_monitor_has_locked_previously_free/ My $400 baby monitor has locked previously free features behind a monthly subscription]<ref>{{Cite web |date=4 Oct 2023 |title=My $400 baby monitor has locked previously free features behind a monthly subscription. |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/16zkzj9/my_400_baby_monitor_has_locked_previously_free/ |url-status=live |access-date=4 Apr 2025 |website=Old Reddit}}</ref>
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[https://assets.mikucloud.com/Innovative_Health_Monitoring-Letter_to_Customers.pdf The document referenced in the reddit post (IHM Acquisition PDF)]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Letter to Customers |url=https://assets.mikucloud.com/Innovative_Health_Monitoring-Letter_to_Customers.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010081331/https://assets.mikucloud.com/Innovative_Health_Monitoring-Letter_to_Customers.pdf |archive-date=10 Oct 2023 |access-date=4 Apr 2025}}</ref>
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==Miku Charges Subscription for Features that were Previously Free==
==Miku Charges Subscription for Previously Free Features:==
Through the acquisition of Miku Inc by Innovative Health Monitoring LLC, Miku sent out an email notice to all of their users on September 15'th 2023 detailing changes to Miku starting October 1'st 2023. These changes would
Through the acquisition of Miku Inc by Innovative Health Monitoring LLC, Miku sent out an email notice to all of their users on September 15'th 2023 detailing changes to the access Miku customers have to features on their Miku device starting October 1'st 2023. According to Miku, "For customers who did not previously subscribe to Care+, many of the features you have been receiving for free will now require a monthly subscription fee. " <ref name=":1" />


===Changes Made===
===Changes Made:===
Introduced a subscription service which would allow new users to continue using Miku features that were previously free.
According to the Miku email to customers, the new breakdown of feature changes is as follows:
#Updated Free features:
#Updated Free features:
#*Live HD video and audio streaming (available locally only unless the customer's smartphone or tablet is operating on the same wireless network as the monitoring device)
#*Live HD video and audio streaming (available locally only unless the customer's smartphone or tablet is operating on the same wireless network as the monitoring device)