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IoT to me is the industry's desperate attempt to fabricate a new growth vertical for itself.
by hkmurakami 10y ago
IoT to me is the industry's desperate attempt to fabricate a new growth vertical for itself.
- exergy 10y agoYes, thank you for saying that. I understand that different people have different use cases, but there is an environmental cost to owning too much shit that no one talks about. Here's an example. I own a surface pro 3, and a smartphone. The SP3 is a tablet when I want it to be one, and a proper laptop when that's what's required. My brother, by contrast, has a Fitbit smartwatch thing, an iPod for music, a kindle for books, a Nexus tablet (just for flights!), a smartphone and a laptop! And the industry seems to insist that even this is not enough. No, clearly, we must also own wifi connected anal probes, refrigerators that tweet, and coffee machines that need firmware updates before they can give you your morning cup. How do we end this madness?!