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Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ralph_gordon |title=Vont stopped working? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> |website=[[Reddit]] |date=27 Jan 2024 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=@cs7717 |title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg |website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 Nov 2025 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref> | Around the start of 2024, the Vont Home app (used for management) disappeared from both the [[Apple App Store]] and [[Google Play]]. Users that had the app prior to its de-listing reported receiving a "failed to connect to server" error upon attempting to login (and thus [[Discontinuation bricking|unable to use their product]] as intended), and the company website itself being down.<ref>{{Cite web |author=ralph_gordon |title=Vont stopped working? |url=https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ <!-- Use old sub-domain --> |website=[[Reddit]] |date=27 Jan 2024 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251105223254/https://old.reddit.com/r/homeassistant/comments/1accea2/vont_stopped_working/ |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |author=@cs7717 |title=Google Kills Nest Thermostats FULU jackpot exists to bring them back |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsI6P2lxcHM&lc=Ugz1DTeZe0imhEHfJHt4AaABAg |website=[[YouTube]] |date=4 Nov 2025 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |quote=Vont bricked my automated plugs. The server never works except to acccept<sup>[''{{Wplink|sic}}'']</sup> payments for purchases. Without their server working, my electrical plugs will not work on Wi-Fi or Bluetooth or anything. They are just bricks. I bought them to help me around the house because I am in a wheelchair. You cannot even get their app anymore.}}</ref> | ||
As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations |url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |website=[[Facebook]] |date=14 Feb 2023 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https:// | As of 5 November 2025, there has been no activity since late-2022 to early-2023 on the company's social media accounts for [https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations Facebook],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Innovations |url=https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |website=[[Facebook]] |date=14 Feb 2023 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230306182605/https://www.facebook.com/vontinnovations |archive-date=6 Mar 2023}}</ref> [https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ Instagram],<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont (@vontproducts) |url=https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ |website=[[Instagram]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20221007022439/https://www.instagram.com/vontproducts/ |archive-date=7 Oct 2022}}</ref> and [https://x.com/vontfans X] (formerly Twitter).<ref>{{Cite web |author=Vont |title=Vont (Vontfans) / X |url=https://x.com/vontfans |website=[[X]] |date=23 Nov 2022 |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |url-access=registration |archive-url= |archive-date=}}</ref> The official website returns a 522 error code via [[Cloudflare]]. | ||
Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont on Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont |website=[[Amazon]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] |url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD |website=[[Amazon]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/o2hWp |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont on Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont |website=[[Amazon]] |date=7 Nov 2025 |access-date=7 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref> | Vont still has an [[Amazon]] storefront,<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont on Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont |website=[[Amazon]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/hQIJW |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> though it lists only one product on the page (Vont Smart Security Camera).<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont Smart Security Camera [...] |url=https://www.amazon.com/Vont-Security-Compact-Outdoor-Surveillance/dp/B09Y13BWBD |website=[[Amazon]] |date= |access-date=5 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/o2hWp |archive-date=5 Nov 2025}}</ref> On 7 Nov 2025, two more product listings (Vont LED camping lantern 2-pack and a separate 4-pack version) were added to that storefront, indicating that there is still activity.<ref>{{Cite web |author= |title=Vont on Amazon.com |url=https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89%3AVont |website=[[Amazon]] |date=7 Nov 2025 |access-date=7 Nov 2025 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/https://www.amazon.com/s?srs=19824332011&rh=p_89:Vont |archive-date=7 Nov 2025}}</ref> | ||