“Lies,” “ransom,” “class action,” and “refund” were some of the more polite words being tossed around in the Wink subreddit on Thursday, following the company’s bombshell announcement that starting ...

Wink users, many of whom were furious that they’d been given only a week’s notice about the sudden change, received an email from Wink on Tuesday with the new deadline: March 20 rather than March 13.

Wink is rolling out the second generation of its smart-home device, which lets users control a wide range of wireless-enabled devices throughout their home with their smartphones. The technology ...