2020 kicked off with Sonos in hot water for its trade-in program, which required owners to put their devices into ‘Recycle Mode’ in order to get a 30% discount on newer models. 

That sounds innocent enough, but ‘Recycle Mode’ essentially bricks devices after 21 days, and can’t be undone. That understandably drew ire from environmentalists given it breaks the all-important ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ mantra for sustainability.
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