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
there is sadly just no middle ground in capitalism most of the time. we're in the golden era(lmao) of smart devices becoming a functional and useful feature for many people and at the same time it's constantly skewing towards a more idealistic and less functional device. Strides are made while we also take multiple leaps backwards in functionality. progress is definitely being made but what i saw today was a gross way to force so much pretend advancements in appliances, it just made me really annoyed to think this might truly be the future of household items.