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People forget how reliable and secure things like hard-wired physical light switches and other natural interfaces (like paper books, etc.) are. There seems to b
by Kenji 11y ago
People forget how reliable and secure things like hard-wired physical light switches and other natural interfaces (like paper books, etc.) are. There seems to be a vast ignorance about topics like reliability, interfaces, usability and design. Just because it's digital, it doesn't mean it's better - I'd argue for the contrary in many cases. I don't want to upgrade the firmware of lightbulbs, I just don't. Despite my affinity for them, I have more than enough computers surrounding me in my everyday life.
- mturmon 11y agoEverything you said, and also that the old analog devices are future proof. For a trendy metropolitan hotel, with a design refresh cycle of 10 years at the most, the future might not matter. But people are wanting to put these devices in homes with a refresh cycle that should be more like 30 to 50 years. Big difference.