Your device isn’t dead. Its cloud is.
When a maker switches off its servers, working hardware stops working. Afterbrick builds a local bridge that speaks the dead device’s protocol, starting with Belkin Wemo.
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When a smart-home brand kills its cloud, we reverse-engineer your device back to life.
A company whose roadmap is other companies’ shutdowns. When a maker bricks its devices, Afterbrick ships a local-control bridge built by reverse-engineering the protocol, keeps a registry of owners with proof of purchase, and tells the Copyright Office which exemption the next rescue needs.
- Step 01
Watches for the next shutdown
Agents check maker support pages, FCC IDs and app-store delistings every day, so a rescue can start as soon as a cloud is switched off.
- Step 02
Rebuilds the protocol, within the law
From firmware and app traffic that owners share, agents draft protocol notes and bridge code. An engineer signs each release and an IP lawyer clears it.
- Step 03
Ships a rescue kit for your home
A Home Assistant add-on or a plug-in hub that talks to your device locally, an install guide, and a registry entry with your proof of purchase.
Built for households, landlords and offices with dead devices.
A rescue kit for each shutdown
A local bridge, as a Home Assistant add-on or a plug-in hub, that speaks the dead device’s protocol. First up: Belkin Wemo.
A step-by-step install guide
Plain instructions for your exact device, from setup to local control.
Your owner registry entry
Your proof of purchase and the date your device bricked, stored for you. The export is yours to use as you choose.
First up: The first rescue kit is for Belkin Wemo, with install guides posted where stranded Wemo owners already look for help.
The world just changed.
What changed, and where it was reported.
Belkin ended Wemo cloud and app support on 2026-01-31. A law firm counts 27 products that lost remote, voice and app control while the hardware still works.
LabatonThe Copyright Office opened its tenth triennial §1201 rulemaking, for exemptions that run October 2027 to October 2030 (docket COLC-2026-0100).
US Copyright OfficeClass actions say Amazon bricked first- and second-generation Fire TV Sticks by ending support, and that Roku and TCL bricked TVs with bad updates.
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One person and 3 AI agents.
The agents, all day
- Watching end-of-life notices
- Reading owner traffic captures
- Drafting bridge code for review
- Writing install guides
- Keeping the owner registry
What a person does
An embedded engineer reviews and signs every bridge release, because these devices control power and heat. An outside IP lawyer clears each rescue under §1201(f) before it ships. Owners who want compensation choose their own consumer-protection firm.
Reverse-engineering for interoperability is allowed under 17 U.S.C. §1201(f), and owners use their own hardware. Afterbrick never circumvents DRM on content, never ships the maker’s code or keys, never solicits lawsuits for a fee, and drops any rescue its lawyer can’t clear.
Is this legal?
Yes, inside a clear line. US law allows reverse-engineering for interoperability, and you own the hardware. We never break DRM on content or ship the maker’s code or keys, and a lawyer clears every rescue.
Is a reverse-engineered bridge safe?
These devices switch power and heat, so a bug matters. An embedded engineer reviews and signs every release, and we ship only our own code.
Will you help me sue the maker?
No. Your registry export is yours, to hand to any licensed firm you choose. Afterbrick takes no fee per case or referral, and no share of any recovery.
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