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Spotify Says The Hardware Player It Sold You Two Years Ago Will Stop Working And The Only Thing You Can Do Is Throw It In The Trash

By Frank Landymore

May 25, 2024

Just two years after it came out, Spotify has announced that it's essentially going to brick everyone's Car Things, and there's pretty much nothing that happy owners can do about it.

"As of December 9th, 2024, Car Thing will be discontinued, and will stop operating," Spotify said in an email to customers.

After that date, the Car Thing won’t be able to play music and link up with Spotify — thus rendering it a glorified dashboard ornament. In fact, the only thing owners can and should do, Spotify said in its announcement, is to reset the thing and throw it away.

To rub salt in the wound, no refunds or trade-ins are being offered — nor are there plans to release a replacement or a new version of Car Thing, Spotify said. Ouch.