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IoT
Wilksey:
Some strong opinions coming in!
It certainly is an issue with companies going out of business - i've had several "smart" devices stop working because the company went bust and their servers shut down, one was a GPS tracker and the other was a fitness tracker, as soon as they lost contact with their overlord they stopped working, prime example is Dave's latest Sonos video of things being bricked as the company decide they are obsolete and you must upgrade to their newest product. Subscription models for these things after you've spent a pretty penny on them also takes the proverbial.
The only real benefit to some smart devices are those to help the disabled out, but unless you find an open source device then you are at the manufacturers mercy. And yes having multiple phone apps to do things are a pain, which is where OpenHAB comes in handy.
I do miss Silicon Valley! But proves a valid point, why a "smart" fridge? You may as well just have a shopping list on your phone, my nephew not that long ago went on a spending spree on my brother in law's Alexa, all conveniently linked to credit cards with no barriers to ordering, had all manners of items turn up as and when he saw an advert on TV he used to tell Alexa he wanted one as he saw his parents order shopping and bits through Alexa he knew how to do it.
Cloud based services are also overused, a product my wife uses at her workplace is cloud based, they got hacked and the servers compromised and thousands of peoples financial information was stolen before they realised and the servers were shut off for 2 weeks whilst they investigated and repaired, the company was an accounting software one so god knows how many people lost access to their fancy cloud platform on that occasion!
Personally I steer well clear of any devices that need registering or I don't have the software for secured and downloadable.
Even cars have buttons to press instead of a key or things to swipe over, but have a "hidden" key just in case, why not just use a bloody key! The amount of times I get "Key not detected" because I've got it in my pocket instead of smearing it over the dashboard somewhere drives me bonkers!
IoT and other buzz words are becoming a toxic presence, everything is sold with an IoT or Cloud badge these days, and people are gullible and fall for the hype until it stops working.
xrunner:
Just bought a new washer & dryer to be delivered next week (LG). The washer has a WiFi capability (but I didn't buy it for that ...). I think I can start the washer when I'm out of the house, maybe if I forgot ... have I ever forgot to start my load of clothes? :-DD
themadhippy:
--- Quote --- I think I can start the washer when I'm out of the house
--- End quote ---
but can you load it when your out the house
xrunner:
--- Quote from: themadhippy on December 14, 2022, 02:26:19 am ---
--- Quote --- I think I can start the washer when I'm out of the house
--- End quote ---
but can you load it when your out the house
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I haven't read the manual yet - I'll get back to you on that. :-+
eti:
No matter how “smart” these companies like to project that their technology is (and it isn’t), the sheer idiocy of these “developers” is staggering.
On my UK Amazon Fire TV, I have “BBC iPlayer” app installed. 90% of the time I click the iPlayer icon on the Home Screen and it launches. Just now, I clicked it and it took me to the Fire TV App Store where it had a “Play Button” icon on the left, indicating that “iPlayer” app is installed - and I then click this “play button” and THAT launches “iPlayer” app.
Why?!?!?!?!? You utter morons. Why not fix your piece of garbage bodged together lagDroid derivative OS; Roku seem to be able to make things work consistently and uniformly… so why not these chumps?!
Never underestimate the power of threatening your chimpanzee interns with a hard punch in the face and instant dismissal.
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