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I don't think there are any valid use cases for a widely distributed network of any kind of personal item that make sense for consumers. Consumers don't contin

by tmuir 11y ago

I don't think there are any valid use cases for a widely distributed network of any kind of personal item that make sense for consumers. Consumers don't continuously manage large repetitive processes. They don't own items that remain distributed, or are being redistributed on any regular basis. They simply don't have the minimum threshold of Things that would benefit from the Internet.

wolframhempel 11y ago
How about the various "where are my friends" tracking apps, dating gadgets that light up when a person with shared interests is nearby, body metrics scanner that help health services create a map of say areas with an increased amount of people having hay fever?
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joezydeco 11y ago
Mostly true, but I think there can be exceptions such as PressureNet and Waze.
massysett 11y ago
I don't know what qualifies as "large" but procuring food for my family is a tedious and time-consuming task so for me at least it is large and repetitive. I'm not sure how much that can be automated though. The parent post mentioned tracking of airplanes. I wouldn't mind if a company monitored my home heating system or refrigerator and notified me if they were about to fail, as these failures can be expensive and a huge hassle if not anticipated. Also consumers already benefit from alarm systems and cameras they can monitor remotely. Heck, alarm systems have been centrally monitored for decades, just over proprietary networks rather than the Internet.
- pjc50 11y ago
  I wouldn't mind if a company monitored my home heating system or refrigerator and notified me if they were about to fail, as these failures can be expensive I'd be worried that the pre-emptive maintenance would be far more expensive. You can already get heating system insurance, but I wouldn't trust the IoT system to not over-order maintenance in order to maintain the company's profits. I saw an advert for HP's printer ink subscription service: http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/ads/instant-ink/overview.html http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/ads/instant-ink/overview.html and recoiled in horror. It's already the most expensive liquid most people will buy, and you want to let the printer order it for you? We're back to the door in Ubik that asked the user for a nickel before it would open every time.
  - TeMPOraL 11y ago
    Indeed. I'd be totally for such a system, but as a product, not a service. Some things really should not be managed by third parties - and sadly, our economy is moving towards exactly that.
  - massysett 11y ago
    "It's already the most expensive liquid most people will buy, and you want to let the printer order it for you?" Beats running out of ink at 10pm when I need a printout by tomorrow morning.

by tmuir 11y ago

wolframhempel 11y ago

How about the various "where are my friends" tracking apps, dating gadgets that light up when a person with shared interests is nearby, body metrics scanner that help health services create a map of say areas with an increased amount of people having hay fever?

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joezydeco 11y ago

Mostly true, but I think there can be exceptions such as PressureNet and Waze.

massysett 11y ago

I don't know what qualifies as "large" but procuring food for my family is a tedious and time-consuming task so for me at least it is large and repetitive. I'm not sure how much that can be automated though. The parent post mentioned tracking of airplanes. I wouldn't mind if a company monitored my home heating system or refrigerator and notified me if they were about to fail, as these failures can be expensive and a huge hassle if not anticipated. Also consumers already benefit from alarm systems and cameras they can monitor remotely. Heck, alarm systems have been centrally monitored for decades, just over proprietary networks rather than the Internet.

pjc50 11y ago
I wouldn't mind if a company monitored my home heating system or refrigerator and notified me if they were about to fail, as these failures can be expensive I'd be worried that the pre-emptive maintenance would be far more expensive. You can already get heating system insurance, but I wouldn't trust the IoT system to not over-order maintenance in order to maintain the company's profits. I saw an advert for HP's printer ink subscription service: http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/ads/instant-ink/overview.html http://www8.hp.com/uk/en/ads/instant-ink/overview.html and recoiled in horror. It's already the most expensive liquid most people will buy, and you want to let the printer order it for you? We're back to the door in Ubik that asked the user for a nickel before it would open every time.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  Indeed. I'd be totally for such a system, but as a product, not a service. Some things really should not be managed by third parties - and sadly, our economy is moving towards exactly that.
- massysett 11y ago
  "It's already the most expensive liquid most people will buy, and you want to let the printer order it for you?" Beats running out of ink at 10pm when I need a printout by tomorrow morning.