It's in everything now. It became like a museum exhibit to me seeing the most wild things. Wifi toaster WHYY? Like I knew about smart fridges but I was seeing like overly technical smart phone connectable kettles and like some griddle made for just bacon?? Whyyy
I'm just gonna start buying every single "dumb" appliance I see at goodwill thrifting from now on. I'll make a little collection and gift some to friends who want out of the techno hellscape too. I keep thinking about the absurd amount of lights and screens on things that have no reason to have one and how fast they'll likely break. All that shit will be in landfill in like 10 years max
I like it. Let’s me control the toaster and kettle etc via my phone and even set up automatic routines. Way more convenient.
Hating smart devices is “cool” right now but I think a decade from now yall be cringing at it.
Are you a bit account? You haver to tell me if you're a bit account.
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:centrist: take, smart devices are okay (for certain things) as long as it doesn't connect to the internet.
what automatic routine could you possibly need from a toaster?
…toast bread automatically in the morning/afternoon? I don’t have one, but my coffee maker routine is very helpful.
Yeah but how though are you going to leave the raw bread in the toaster overnight?
A coffee maker I understand , but a toaster??
that shit would get so dry and or/moldy/and or bugs depending on the region
I saw a toaster that also told you the weather. I think that’s useful.
Cant you just take out your phone for that ? Not judging just kind of flabbergasted. Imagine I ask you for the weatherforecast and you take out your toaster.
Yeah it’s more like “oh it’s seven, I should make toast.” Go to the toaster. “Oh looks like it’ll be cloudy today”. Eat toast.
Oh really ? I thought it was more of a water cooler situation. Everyone is standing there with their phones (damn youths) and you come in with the toaster.
what's a "water cooler"? is it like smart water ?
Are you Bob Mortimer?
I love that man. He's a fountain of experience and funny names. Edit - I'm now rewatching all his clips from WILTY for the tenth time, I hope you're happy
Once you start you cannot stop
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I love having the FBI tap directly into my house :fedposting:
Do you use a smartphone? Or a laptop?
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Cmon. I’m just pointing out the ludicrousness of opposing IoT on surveillance grounds while we’re shitposting on a niche leftist forum.
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ok bro
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sure
This is pretty goofy tbh. If I get freaked out by my phones spying I can turn it off, take out the battery or just stick it in the fridge.
I can’t exactly turn off my fridge, or take its batteries out or put it in a bigger fridge.
Theres a real tangible difference between being tracked on a device you genuinely don’t need and excepting the most zoomiest, can remember life without, an object that can be thrown in the creek when required and being tracked on the complement of appliances that constitute part of a home.
Both philosophically and legally.
i understand practical uses for some of these things. i bought a bluetooth food thermometer which is very nice when doing long cooks on the BBQ or oven. That solved a genuine issue about having to open up your bbq/oven and slowing the cook down to check temps while also being in another room doing whatever you need to do. It's just some of it is so unnecessary IMO. I mean if you truly need an app to do your toast and it works for you then do it but it's hard for me personally to ever need or want the application and deal with all the consequences of having faulty appliances. Regular toasters can last decades, some of the really old kind may not even break! But if you add some microchips to an appliance it's probably gonna break much easier. Also likely unrepairable for the vast majority of people.
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