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Things like these are getting ridiculous and the most unreasonable of it all is that most people do not consider this as predatory and invasive behaviour from manufacturers.

I like my appliances dumb. Don’t try to sell me a smart TV, a smart fridge or a smart anything. It does not need to connect to the internet. It needs to do one specific task and one only. I don’t need my fridge to order groceries.

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Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
exactly, OP shouldn’t have bought it to begin with.
It’s a common occurence. People should know by now.

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BOFH666@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I couldn’t agree more with your stand about the need for devices to be smart.

It is all about data-mining and advertising.

Maybe this is just me (or wishful thinking), but I do notice more people being cautious about stuff that needs a cloud connection.

People around me create dummy accounts to register Android enabled televisions, prefer stuff by eufy over ring etc.

Maybe we -as a bunch of uncontrollable nerds- should educate people more or at least share stuff like the wiki by Louis.

People need to know, they are the product…

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- qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I can’t say the same thing, sadly.
  
  People around me get easily fascinated by convinience over security and privacy. Biometric phone unlocking, work-only-through-app accessories, smart tvs, connected refrigerators, kitchen robots and expresso machines, autonomous vaccuum cleaners or web enabled water heaters and ACs… convenience rules absolute.
  
  I enjoy going to stores and have sales people throw their pitch at me. The look on their face is priceless as all the convenience functions don’t ring any appeal to me; nothing against them, they are doing their job, but still.
  
  I hope we can force change and push back on the ever growing invasive tactics of companies and markets.
  
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