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

    • UlyssesT
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      1 month ago

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    • xXthrowawayXx [none/use name]
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      2 years ago

      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.