The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.

[starkrg@myside-yourside.net]

@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?

[robotdiver@starlite.rodeo]

@alice

I'm so glad my fridge just keeps things cold

[gary_alderson@infosec.exchange]

@alice the anti ai rant leads you to a place where you are compromised and it is just a negative space, i'd rather go hybrid and look at things a bit more realistically and subjectively

[captmikeyates@tech.lgbt]

@alice Amen to that!!

[petergray@mastodon.green]

@KiloNiner @alice If my fridge wants to go on the internet, I tell it to read a book instead.

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@alice Word.

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@SnowyCA @gkrnours @roknrol @alice Ten to fifteen minutes of "coming soon" trailers and anti-piracy propaganda videos?

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@KiloNiner @alice "Would you like some toast?"

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@drwho @gkrnours @roknrol @alice

maybe 30 seconds of FBI scrolling anti piracy....

[emory@soc.kvet.ch]

@alice last time i needed a tv i got a monitor. much better.

[jamesmdonohoe@sfba.social]

@alice Have a couple things that require interwebs access (e.g. home solar), so I created a separate VLAN for the Internet of Shit stuff to minimize impact to my home network.
I dread the day I have to replace my old TV - my plan is to buy a large computer monitor instead though I expect it will be more expensive.

[eestileib@tech.lgbt]

@cavyherd @alice

I am very glad to have a stand mixer and a fridge and running water, those are pretty damn convenient.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@SnowyCA we've got a bunch of secondhand DVDs, and none of the older ones have ads, but the closer you get to like the 2000s, the worse the ads get.

@gkrnours @roknrol

[jerbear@kind.social]

@eestileib Yes but there is no good reason for any of those to connect to the Internet

@cavyherd @alice

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@alice I hear that. Do you think it regional? ?By country, I mean...

@gkrnours @roknrol

[eestileib@tech.lgbt]

@jerbear @cavyherd @alice

My running water _is_ actually connected to the internet now .

New construction in an area with water conservation rules, I can check usage of hot and cold water on my phone.

I will never ever buy a chef's knife with firmware though.

[eruonna@lgbtqia.space]

@jerbear
I can think of some reason I might want some appliances to connect to the network (not necessarily the Internet) if only capitalism didn't take that as an excuse to prevent me having control of those devices.
@eestileib @cavyherd @alice

[wilmboerhout@mathstodon.xyz]

@drwho @SnowyCA @gkrnours @roknrol @alice sort of what is happening in movie theaters these days?

[aisling@critters.gay]

@alice@lgbtqia.space i committed to wearing a wristwatch all the time when i realized that i need to check the time extremely frequently (time blindness) but will go insane if i look at my phone screen that often

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@vger my thermostat wanted to connect to the internet so it could receive temperature instructions from corporate during hot/cold surges...not to help me, but to make me less comfortable so they could make more money.

I figured out how to convince it I was a technician and told it there was no internet.

@roknrol