Unless it’s a service animal, I don’t like when dogs are in public buildings. Tired of trying to buy food at the grocery store but having to dodge dogs and avoid stepping over their leashes. This anger is mostly directed at their owners as I’m skittish around dogs I don’t know.
I'm with you on this, it's also not like the device is even "smart", it's just meaningless buzzword at this point.
I don't need a smart fridge that one day will refuse to make ice because I didn't download the latest firmware and pay my $3.95 subscription fee
plus it's crazy easy to do repairs on the last generation appliances right before everything became "smart". especially stuff in large circulation like brands used commercially.
i have some used hotel washer and dryer. swap parts out for cheap (less then $40) when heater coils go or other stuff wears out.
commercial monitors (aka commercial grade TVs) have almost no smart features, extra robust components and heatsinks and sometimes you can even put in your own control board.
It is definitely a way to gain a captive consumer who has to buy into an ecosystem but also get them to constantly buy products as old ones become irreparable.
I like the idea of getting data from stuff like usage and whatnot but for it to be part of the core functioning of the thing is obscene.