Finnish smart ring firm Oura is suffering a backlash from customers on social media, reports Helsingin Sanomat. The firm's third-generation product was released this autumn, but customers are struggling to get hold of it.
The rings have been seen on some high-profile celebrity fingers, creating huge demand --but that now appears to be a problem.
Social media channels are filled with people complaining that they have ordered the ring but haven't yet received it, and others saying they have asked for a refund but can't get a response from customer services.
Others are complaining about the company's switch to a subscription-based model for the app that displays users' data.
The irate ranting is every company's nightmare in the social media age, with everyone unable to access help via the normal channels having the option to complain in public.
Oura board member Timo Ahopelto tells the paper that the problem is that the launch went better than expected, and the firm struggled to keep up with demand.
Tax data suggests that those on low and middle incomes did worst during the Covid pandemic. Those on 40,000 euros a year or less made 4.8 percent less in 2020 than they did in 2019.
Those making more than 40,000 euros a year, meanwhile, saw their incomes rise by an average of 3.1 percent.
Iltalehti reports that of all the income Finns received in 2020 some 66 percent of it came from salaries and wages. Pensions accounted for 24 percent, unemployment benefits for 3.5 percent, other taxable social benefits were 1.9 percent and other forms of income were 4.2 percent.
Ilta-Sanomat reports that the weather this weekend could turn a little strange, and explains an unusual symbol adorning weather maps this week.
The cloud with red dashes underneath it prompted some curiosity on social media, with Yle meteorologist Anniina Valtonen explaining to her followers that it symbolises freezing rain.
According to the UK Met Office, that is a "rare type of liquid precipitation that strikes a cold surface, and freezes almost instantly".
So watch out for slippery surfaces this weekend, as they could be blanketed with ice.
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