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Ring just doubled the price of its alarm monitoring service for grandfathered customers

And people are understandably pissed.

Did you, like me, buy a Ring Alarm system for your home because it offered the most affordable professional 24/7 monitoring around, at just $10 a month or $100 a year? But digging around on the company’s website, I do find an FAQ with an answer: “ In September 2021, we sent you email letting you know that your Ring Protect Plus (1st Gen) subscription would be moving to a new plan starting in 2025.” In fact, looking back through my boring Ring renewal emails each year, every one of them has this fine print at the bottom.

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