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That only means they might eventually stop fulfilling their primary function. But they might remain plugged in and serve as bot without anyone noticing for year
by the8472 10y ago
That only means they might eventually stop fulfilling their primary function. But they might remain plugged in and serve as bot without anyone noticing for years.
- fucking_tragedy 10y agoVery true. While I had assumed that most people would toss their gadgets once their functionality had been disabled, I wouldn't buy a new fridge or other appliance just because I can't load cat pics on it anymore.
- TeMPOraL 10y agoDepends on the appliance. Your fridge will probably work when disconnected from the cloud. Your LED lightbulbs? I can imagine them getting bricked. I know of one laser cutter, featured some time ago on HN, that becomes a very big paperweight when disconnected from the Internet...