I have another theory. It is based on the premise that I’ve outlined in the past that their business model is unsustanable. I give them $99 and they have to maintain this cloud infrastrucutre forever. If we assume that the data they are mining from monitoring our usage isn’t enough to pay the bills, then they have to move to some sort of subscription model. The outside of the ST hub box says something to the effect of the basic service is free, but Samsung reserves the right to charge a fee for other things in the future. It’s been a while since I looked at the packaging, but I’m guessing it says nothing about custom smart apps, or DTH’s being part of the free solution.
So, let’s assume Samsung wants to start CHARGING people that want to be able to use custom code. They cannot be selling something that LITERALLY REQUIRES custom code in their store.
[MIKEDROP]
-Todd