forum threadTattyBear | Staff posted Nov 24, 2025 04:21 PM
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forum threadTattyBear | Staff posted Nov 24, 2025 04:21 PM
Anova Precision Cooker Mini Sous Vide $19.99 + Free Shipping
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Currently free but at anytime could require a $2-3 a month fee. I would suggest downloading the program to an old android device and disabling wi fi /internet and never accessing internet so the program can't be disabled by the company.
KEY POINT.
When you enable the program you have to enable location services, otherwise I found it will not connect to the device in my experience.
That was the only way I found to get it to find the device and connect to the device.
Which reminds me. I need to check if the program still works with wifi/internet access is disabled. I have been using the program without paying, but haven't use mine in a couple months with the Wi-fi disabled.
If not Hopefully someone will write a cheap program to run it. Rather than the 2-3 bucks a month subscription fee.
Could ANOVA pull such a stunt? Sure. It's technically feasible, some lines of code, push the updated app to the Play Store so that anyone who opens the updated app gets hit with a demand to subscribe the next time they try to connect to their sous-vide device and Bob's your uncle (so to speak).
But would ANOVA do something like this (especially for such small money)? The reputational backlash on them would be severe, and since we're talking theoretical possibilities here, I would envision a class-action lawsuit from angry ex-customers (who would never buy any other ANOVA product ever again).
It's almost always risky to p!ss 0ff your customers in such a manner. It tends to turn previously loyal customers into your angriest and most vocal critics.
Besides which there's a workaround already that doesn't need someone to write a "cheap program" to run the sous-vide device. The .apk file for the current and earlier versions of ANOVA's app has undoubtedly been archived by some and is or could be made available online, for free. Of course, when Google eventually prevents us from sideloading Android apps from .apk files, it'll be a bigger pain in the neck to do this (honestly though, an anti-sideloading feature of an OS is an even bigger issue for a lot other reasons), but worse comes to worst, I figure I could always run Android inside Linux or Windows, and run the old version of the app that way. 🤣
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