I don’t want a smart TV, but there’s only a couple non-smart brands left, and neither of them seem to have the best quality product on the market.
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Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 1 week ago
Then don’t buy “smart” appliances, none of them need to tell that they are done with washing or what the temperature is in the fridge all the goddamn time.
“Smart” appliances don’t make your home “smart”, it just means you’re stupid and your brain has rotted away to the point of you not being able to manage your own goddamn household!
XLE@piefed.social 1 week ago
Malica@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
While the consumer carries blame, more of it goes to these data mining companies
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 week ago
For those wondering why this is on my network, this belongs to my parents. I don’t police what they buy. I just help with their network, but this is a learning experience for them.
Triumph@fedia.io 1 week ago
Certain things being remotely controllable is great. Garage door opener, thermostat, some lights, doorbell camera.
Fridge, toaster, coffee maker, washer/dryer? Completely pointless.
bedwyr@piefed.ca 1 week ago
It is not pointless, the point is to spy on our dumbasses.
Ooops@feddit.org 1 week ago
Washer/dryer getting their signal to start from an outside source according to electricity price (with a dynamic plan) or weather (with your own solar) actually makes sense. I really don’t care when it does my laundry as long as it’s done between me leaving the house in the morning and coming back in the evening.
The main point is that even smart appliances barely never need their own connection to the internet. Getting communication from inside the network (including from the one device that acts as you access point from the outside that has a connection) is absolutely enough