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If they ever sell a smart hammer that measures my impact strength and sends it to some system somewhere for further analysis then I’m giving up building. Let the damn AI build. Why does the world incorporate tech even when it adds nothing to a pre-existing method and drives up the price? Oh…I get it now.

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Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Because “data is the new oil.”

Doesn’t matter what that data is, collect it first, and figure out how to sell it later.

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- BilSabab@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  except this oil is like 99% useless given the current scope of data collection.
  
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  - Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    You say that, until your hammer data is used to detect improper use, which your employer’s insurance can use to deny a claim.
    
    Or it can be used to void a warranty. Or it could detect G-forces of your commute to work and raise your car insurance rates for hard accelerations. Or a biometric sensor in the handle can tell your boss if you can work another 30 minutes before there is a financially significant risk of heatstroke.
    
    You get the idea, that data is useless, until some hairbrained jackass packages it and sells it’s to an even more unscrupulous asshole.
    
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    BilSabab@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    i wonder why the governments haven’t close this shop given how fucked up this whole thing is… oh wait…
    
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- AndrewZabar@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  And the typical consumer has no critical thinking skills and also, is ignorant, and very often a moron, and a sucker. People aren’t smart. The appliances are lol. And the people at the top of giant companies have a greed that is insatiable.
  
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  - melsaskca@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago
    I think the typical consumer just does not give a fuck. The rest are as you say. The rest after that are complicit.
    
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Buddahriffic@lemmy.world ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Though it would be cool to do that and then set up microphones to pick up the house settling sounds and see if there’s a correlation. If only those with the resources to set that up could be trusted to not abuse that access to data because I wouldn’t consent to some data firm having access to mics in my place.

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Rekorse@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
The products are made to male the owners Roch not benefit the users.

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