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My fear is that the only way to get decent industrial design, like the nest, is to finance it with consumer spying.
by vearwhershuh 7y ago
My fear is that the only way to get decent industrial design, like the nest, is to finance it with consumer spying.
- bluGill 7y agoMy thermostat from 1990 still works fine. It will have to continue to work fine for a while longer until I can trust more modern ones. If you connect to the internet you have no business controlling my house's heat. I'm not paying $$$ to someone to get my heat back on.
- dmix 7y agoWell that's the current standard model so that's understandable. But I think consumers, especially early adopters and even Apple execs, are becoming conscious of the need and demand for privacy. If I was a VC I'd be looking for someone to invest in which offers both modern digitized equipment without the total privacy/security sacrifice.