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
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@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
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice Amen to that!!
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@alice my fridge and my television would like you to know there is nothing to worry about. My toaster started giggling, but I’m not sure why.
@KiloNiner @alice If my fridge wants to go on the internet, I tell it to read a book instead.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice Word.
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@alice my fridge and my television would like you to know there is nothing to worry about. My toaster started giggling, but I’m not sure why.
@KiloNiner @alice "Would you like some toast?"
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@alice last time i needed a tv i got a monitor. much better.
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The "smarter" all the devices get, the smarter I feel for not buying them.
@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. -
There are so very many modern "conveniences" I feel deeply grateful to not have.
I am very glad to have a stand mixer and a fridge and running water, those are pretty damn convenient.
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@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.
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@eestileib Yes but there is no good reason for any of those to connect to the Internet
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