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As a consumer, why would I ever buy a "smart device" from a startup that may not exist in 2 years?
by puranjay 11y ago
As a consumer, why would I ever buy a "smart device" from a startup that may not exist in 2 years?
- dagw 11y agoBecause the device is just a neat bauble and deep down you know you almost certainly won't be using it 2 years from now no matter what the company does? After two years either you'll realize that you didn't need that sort of thing at all or you'll realize that that sort of thing is exactly what you needed and you buy a a newer and better one.
- roel_v 11y agoMany of them aren't as 'smart' as they pretend to be, and can easily be MitM'ed. No subscription fees, local data storage. Depends on the functionality of whatever server it is connecting to, of course. I did this with a body scale - the online component is only storage. Then again, most of this 'connected' crap is good as a hobby only. I like playing with it, but the actual added value is very low.