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Pay $1500 for a laptop and it will often have crapware installed. Buy a $1000 Samsung TV and it will track your viewing, sell the data, and show you ads. Buy a
by joseph_grobbles 6y ago
Pay $1500 for a laptop and it will often have crapware installed. Buy a $1000 Samsung TV and it will track your viewing, sell the data, and show you ads. Buy a high end dishwasher and seemingly 50% of the logic on the device is to encourage you to use Jet Dry (because they get a kickback per unit from the Finish people, not because it's more than marginally beneficial).
Simply paying alone often isn't enough -- this sort of sleezy behavior is endemic.
- cultus 6y agoI avoid buying anything "smart." Very few things need to be connected to the internet or have an OS. There's no reason I've seen for a TV or fridge to be smart except for nefarious purposes.
- bee_rider 6y agoThere are various home automation tasks that might be neat (hit the remote and the lights dim and the room goes into movie mode) but * Nobody seems to implement these * The risk of smart devices actively working against us is too high * I have 0% faith in Samsung's ability to keep a fridge OS updated over the, whatever, 20 year lifespan of a fridge. Unfortunately so many things are "smart" nowadays that it can be hard to avoid, but at least I can keep the wifi password away from the devices. For now. Until the manufacturers start including cell modems in the things.
- JKCalhoun 6y agoYes. "Connect to WiFi?" [Skip]
- saagarjha 6y agoSoon: "Please connect to Wi-Fi."
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