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IoT has many other problems... as pointed out by the popular twitter account against it: https://twitter.com/internetofshit?lang=en https://twitter.com/internet

by notgood 11y ago

IoT has many other problems... as pointed out by the popular twitter account against it: https://twitter.com/internetofshit?lang=en https://twitter.com/internetofshit?lang=en Some of the most amusing posts: - Nest not being able to function while there is service outage (e.g. can't change temperature if server is down) https://twitter.com/Jenthulhu/status/688918036791840768 https://twitter.com/Jenthulhu/status/688918036791840768 - Tried to install an Spotify update for the car, ended disabling brakes. https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/687693238103224320 https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/687693238103224320 - Extortion by your own appliances (in-app-purchases + IoT, parody?): https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/633278514284920833/photo/1 https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/633278514284920833... - Samsumg smart fridge exposes your Google credentials: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/636102318585475072/photo/1 https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/636102318585475072... - Can't change thermostat while updating: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/684831858463387648/photo/1 https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/684831858463387648... - Mall smart screens get blue screen of death: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/652403071859970048 https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/652403071859970048

StavrosK 11y ago
"The internet has many other problems. Just a few days ago, Dropbox was down."
- amelius 11y ago
  The solution is federated, P2P-like systems. But, unfortunately, there is no money to be made with such solutions.
  - lgieron 11y ago
    No one's making money of BitTorrent, and yet it functions. I think that P2P Dropbox or even youtube (without ads) is a pretty good idea.
    - amelius 11y ago
      You are completely right, those are very good ideas... except if you want to make some money with your coding efforts. The sad thing is, these days you only seem to be able to make money by holding your customers hostage in your online systems (cloud) or ecosystems. I miss the days where developers could make money selling just software.
    - mej10 11y ago
      The BitTorrent company makes money off of their torrent clients.
tadfisher 11y ago
> Nest not being able to function while there is service outage (e.g. can't change temperature if server is down) https://twitter.com/Jenthulhu/status/688918036791840768 https://twitter.com/Jenthulhu/status/688918036791840768 This was actually a software bug shipped in an automatic update. The bug caused the Nest battery to drain faster than the HVAC power line could charge it. In my experience, Nest works fine when not connected to the Internet.

by notgood 11y ago

StavrosK 11y ago

"The internet has many other problems. Just a few days ago, Dropbox was down."

amelius 11y ago
The solution is federated, P2P-like systems. But, unfortunately, there is no money to be made with such solutions.
- lgieron 11y ago
  No one's making money of BitTorrent, and yet it functions. I think that P2P Dropbox or even youtube (without ads) is a pretty good idea.
  - amelius 11y ago
    You are completely right, those are very good ideas... except if you want to make some money with your coding efforts. The sad thing is, these days you only seem to be able to make money by holding your customers hostage in your online systems (cloud) or ecosystems. I miss the days where developers could make money selling just software.
  - mej10 11y ago
    The BitTorrent company makes money off of their torrent clients.

tadfisher 11y ago

> Nest not being able to function while there is service outage (e.g. can't change temperature if server is down) https://twitter.com/Jenthulhu/status/688918036791840768 https://twitter.com/Jenthulhu/status/688918036791840768 This was actually a software bug shipped in an automatic update. The bug caused the Nest battery to drain faster than the HVAC power line could charge it. In my experience, Nest works fine when not connected to the Internet.