The Worst Devices of CES 2024! By iFixIt

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• t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why does it have to be a video? I can read an article so much faster, and without needing to be somewhere by myself that sound isn’t bothering anyone.

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  • baseless_discourse@mander.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good call: article link ifixit.com/…/the-worst-in-show-2024-losers-are-in

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    • Gh05t@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thank you for adding the link to the article!

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    • t3rmit3@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Awesome, thank you!

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  • Gh05t@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It is true. Not all heroes wear capes. Thanks for saying what I was screaming.

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• megopie@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Macro wave, they put a fucking cavity magnetron inside a toaster oven? Or I guess you could also say they put a ceramic heating element inside a microwave? Ok so, consolidating counter top appliances is not the worst thing, I like my pressure cooker/crook pot and all that.

  But WHY DOES IT NEED TO BE SMART!? Why would I want to control it from my phone? I’m going to have to go to it to put the food in to it anyways? So why would controlling it remotely be useful? Also, please, I’m so tired of the AI branding hype cycle and the manufactured consent around it.

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  • EinfachUnersetzlich@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, combination microwave/convection ovens are pretty common in Europe, but they don’t need to be smart.

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    • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      We had one in 1992 already. Built like a tank, it lasted for almost 30 years. The cookbook that came with it became the source of many family staples.

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  • Moonrise2473@feddit.it ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I got one a decade ago. The steam from microwaving caused corrosion in the top heater element, so it shorted and I had to buy a new one

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    • megopie@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Want to bet this “smart one” has the same such issue? That they’ve done nothing but take an existing flawed idea and dressed it up with buzz words?

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  • jarfil@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    they put a ceramic heating element inside a microwave?

    It’s called a crisper. As in, to make the surface of food crisp, instead of using a crisper pan, or wasting single-use crisper sheets or bags. Pretty standard in medium range microwaves.

    Add a $10 metal fan, and now it’s a convection oven too!

    I’m surprised they haven’t added an extra $5 motor and a skewer to also have a roaster function… but maybe that would be pushing it too far?

    SMART!? Why would I want to control it from my phone?

    You may be thinking of “(id)IoT”, not “smart”. You have a “smart”-phone because it’s a phone-“with extras”; similarly a “smart” microwave doesn’t mean it has (id)IoT for your smartphone to use, it means the microwave comes “with extras”.

    Why do you want a “microwave, convection oven, with a crisper” have any “smarts” to switch from one mode to the other? Well, for example to defrost, then cook, then crisp some piece of food… without having to stay over it and switch functions manually.

    Ideally, it would also come with a thermometer and humidity meter (that’s another $5 in sensors) to detect when the food has defrosted, then cooked.

    Having an (id)IoT function… well, you might have a particular recipe on your phone, or on the internet, or want to check on how it’s doing from the sofa. Adding a webcam to live stream an image of your food, would cost another whooping $20… but I would rather duct tape one that’s reflashable with a custom firmware, so that’s debatable.

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• Damage@feddit.it ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I worry about when I’ll have to replace my robot vacuum… The need for mine to be controlled through the internet exclusively was already a big worry for me, and now they’re adding cameras and microphones to them as well…

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  • sanzky@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    maybe your vacuum works with valetudo? it’s a self-hosted cloud replacement for many vacuums valetudo.cloud

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    • Damage@feddit.it ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It doesn’t

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• Butterbee@beehaw.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thanks for the video! Those are some worrying trends in devices for sure

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