The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
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@alice When I was packing up all of my shit to move to France, I took half of our televisions (LCD, nothing special, but large and *dumb*).
My wife laughed and suggested that I was being silly by not just buying new televisions when I made it across the pond.
The last time I was in her house I heard so many advertisements, so many "AI Assistants" listening, and she (a supposed liberal) has a fucking Ring doorbell.
I'm happy with my dumb TVs, my dumb DVD players, my dumb media server, my dumb record player, and my dumb doorbell.
Before I buy anything "smart" I will first find out how the "smart" can be disabled (the fridge we bought was 'wifi capable', so I opened the back and yanked the wifi card - that trick probably won't work anymore).
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@alice When I was packing up all of my shit to move to France, I took half of our televisions (LCD, nothing special, but large and *dumb*).
My wife laughed and suggested that I was being silly by not just buying new televisions when I made it across the pond.
The last time I was in her house I heard so many advertisements, so many "AI Assistants" listening, and she (a supposed liberal) has a fucking Ring doorbell.
I'm happy with my dumb TVs, my dumb DVD players, my dumb media server, my dumb record player, and my dumb doorbell.
Before I buy anything "smart" I will first find out how the "smart" can be disabled (the fridge we bought was 'wifi capable', so I opened the back and yanked the wifi card - that trick probably won't work anymore).
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice The shopping challenge these days is finding dumb devices
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@alice When I was packing up all of my shit to move to France, I took half of our televisions (LCD, nothing special, but large and *dumb*).
My wife laughed and suggested that I was being silly by not just buying new televisions when I made it across the pond.
The last time I was in her house I heard so many advertisements, so many "AI Assistants" listening, and she (a supposed liberal) has a fucking Ring doorbell.
I'm happy with my dumb TVs, my dumb DVD players, my dumb media server, my dumb record player, and my dumb doorbell.
Before I buy anything "smart" I will first find out how the "smart" can be disabled (the fridge we bought was 'wifi capable', so I opened the back and yanked the wifi card - that trick probably won't work anymore).
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice The funny thing is that you still don't own the devices even though you paid money for it. You just have bought a license to use them because if the company decides to discontinue the backend service, the devices are becoming electronic waste and you can do nothing about it. And your money is gone.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice Eventually someone who has an impact in your life will buy the devices. Like your insurance company
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
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Marketing lingo, who doesn't hate it?Who are these people that have no problem whatsoever lying to us?
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
Smart people know they will be happy with simple devices.
Simple people think they will be happy with smart devices.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice Huzzah to $15 ebay Kindles.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
In my experience "smart" cars are quirky, occasionally unpredictable and subject to subscription-based enshittification
None of these are traits I want in a car. At all.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
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@alice When I was packing up all of my shit to move to France, I took half of our televisions (LCD, nothing special, but large and *dumb*).
My wife laughed and suggested that I was being silly by not just buying new televisions when I made it across the pond.
The last time I was in her house I heard so many advertisements, so many "AI Assistants" listening, and she (a supposed liberal) has a fucking Ring doorbell.
I'm happy with my dumb TVs, my dumb DVD players, my dumb media server, my dumb record player, and my dumb doorbell.
Before I buy anything "smart" I will first find out how the "smart" can be disabled (the fridge we bought was 'wifi capable', so I opened the back and yanked the wifi card - that trick probably won't work anymore).
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice lol telling you're in security without telling me you're in security
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@alice lol telling you're in security without telling me you're in security
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
Exactly what it says, it does on the tin.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
The unsmart ones last longer and are more reliable.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice Apparently a service is "smart" because its designers thought they knew years ago what you want at any given moment better than you do. Customisation? Device ownership? Individual needs? What?
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
I'm so glad my fridge just keeps things cold
