cross-posted from: lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/41532552
The number of appliances that have an app is fucking insane. I’m sorry, but I don’t need my oven to have internet connectivity. We got by just fine before.
tech never works for long
Submitted 2 weeks ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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Red0ctober@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
cannedtuna@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Right? Why does my microwave want WiFi access? How bout no?
HidingUnderHats@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
That is what I thought (and still do, for the most part), but being at the grocery store and starting the oven preheat is pretty nice.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 2 weeks ago
Would be super cool if privacy mattered to these companies.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
being at the grocery store and starting the oven preheat is a pretty nice way to burn the house down
Ftfy.
falynns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget the gun by the printer, you know just in case.
molten@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Are you an idiot?
Never have a gun within reach of the printer. Do you want to die?
errer@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
PC LOAD CHAMBER, fuck around and find out what that means
falynns@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Do your printers have arms? I don’t understand.
bus_factor@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have some smart home stuff, but if it needs the Internet to function, it’s not going into my house. And if any of it fails, the house reverts to its old, dumb self.
realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
This here. Home automation is cool, but only as long as it works locally with something like home assistant.
BladeFederation@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I have a desktop PC with Linux on it, wired Ethernet only that I can unplug, and a gun in my night stand in case it makes a noise I don’t recognize.
Exatron@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
A couple months ago, my dishwasher stopped working. When the tech showed up to look at it, he said it may need a software update. He then unscrewed the toe plate, plugged a wifi hotspot into the newly revealed network jack, and let the update happen.
I was shocked, and a little alarmed, that my dishwasher even had software to update. Its entire control panel is six buttons, some status LEDs and an LED timer.
404found@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I’ve lost faith in all tech
Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
I read the last line that wrapped as "no internet connected" and thought, that's hard core, man.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
IT professional here.
Yup.
Everything is hardwired with multiple layers of security. Everything even remotely personal is on encrypted hard drives. No Alexa/Google. Made sure the smart TV and smartphones have all data sharing disabled. And I drive a 1999 vehicle that doesn’t make me jump through any hoops.
There’s a fine line between technology making things better and making things worse. We’re definitely starting to drift into the making things worse era.
itisileclerk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Me too. And no Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, HBO, … just good old Torrent.
DarkFuture@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The main benefit of sailing the high seas when I was younger was simply having access to things I couldn’t afford that helped make me more cultured. Now the main benefit is so I don’t financially contribute to shitstain corporations.
musicjunkie@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Building a cheap NAS with shucked drives running Plex on unraid was the best decision ever. I won’t lie it’s not cheaper than just paying for 1-2 subscriptions and I have spent time managing it but having agency over the content available is so nice and if I don’t have disposable income for a time I can just not add new drives
Better quality, don’t need 7 subscriptions to access all content, and don’t have to worry about things getting shelved. It’s funny because Netflix in like 2014 is why I stopped pirating but it was Netflix in 2019 that made me start pirating again. Spotify is getting real close to making me pirate music again too
HAL_9_TRILLION@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Yeah, I get it and I share much of the sentiment, but I bet this guy uses Facebook. Everybody should have some level of paranoia, but it’s the rare individual that can beat them all. Me, I’m not on Facebook or any other non-anonymous social media, but I use Gmail. Almost everybody trades off a little somewhere.
Uri@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
I believe you can still get rid of google
gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
the master who loves simple things
it takes a genius to see the simplicity in things
Treczoks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Me too, brother.
And as someone who attended a lockpicking course back during university, the mechanical locks are not the DIY market crap.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 weeks ago
Should I have my own router? I’m honestly rocking the fritzbox my ISP gave me like a normie. am i cooked
Senseless@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
Fritzbox is quite good but you should probably turn off the remote management. Some ISPs have it enabled by default for support purposes.
Uri@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Don’t work in IT but, I do all of them
flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I have a Google doorbell camera connected to a guest network, and that is it.
LORDSMEGMA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I have a couple of online things that I find useful, but they have their own network
irish_link@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
HomeAssistant for the win! Not everything needs to be connected but for those things I would like to control I want CONTROL. So only my server (not even the nubucasa servers) control it!
NeilNuggetstrong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Big difference between “smart home stuff” and stuff compatible with home assistant. You host home assistant yourself on your own hardware and everything is connected in one interface. You only need one app, or one webpage. No shady actors get access to your home, you control everything.
Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Give it a few years and home assistant will have ai built in, mandatory telemetry, be coded with ai, and have a bunch of angry nerds arguing about every update and censoring everyone they disagree with.
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I want/need to switch over from Google home to home assistant . So, how difficult would it be to migrate over? We mostly have smart plugs and a Google nest thermostat.
Is a raspberry pi adequate for this, or do I need a mini pc?
tyler@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
It will automatically adopt almost everything. A raspberry pi is ok, but I would recommend a PC depending on how many things you have.
th3lucas@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
I did not own a Raspy so i needed new Hardware anyway. I use a Home Assistent Green now. Very easy setup and it does not need that much energy compared to a PC. Works well!