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> You'll never be alone again Or, if this bothers you, you can choose to avoid the hedonistic treadmill altogether and not outfit your house with an Alexa, a K
by GuiA 11y ago
> You'll never be alone again
Or, if this bothers you, you can choose to avoid the hedonistic treadmill altogether and not outfit your house with an Alexa, a Kinect, and countless other mostly useless devices that people lived happily without 10 years ago.
- rodgerd 11y agoThe problem with this nice theory is you'll be getting it whether you want it or not. As revenue comes in from the sureillance society, manufacturers will (and alrewady are) crammin the functionality into devices. You, as a customer will have no choice: sooner or later you'll need a new fridge, and a spy fridge will be your only option.
- dima55 11y agoThat is simply not true. Maybe the latest and hipsteriest devices will all have those features, but the market is vast and caters to all sorts of humans and price points. You just have to care enough to make that choice as a consumer.
- r00fus 11y agoTry to buy a high-end TV without Wifi/Smart/3D useless anti-features. It's getting harder each day.
- SonicSoul 11y agoAnd you'll have no choice but to connect it to your network? Or no way to interfere with whatever wireless tech they use ? Seems a little far fetched
- rodgerd 11y agoThere's a few smart TVs that will complain if they haven't been connected recently, so I don't think it's that far-fetched. That's before considering that the newest version of the BluRay spec mandates network connetivity to authenticate the disk you're playing. Which is a more special case of stupid.