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> This type of 'update' is one reason I tend to stay away from so-called 'smart' devices. That is why I call those devices 'dumb' devices (reminds me of a SciF
by Semaphor 5y ago
> This type of 'update' is one reason I tend to stay away from so-called 'smart' devices.
That is why I call those devices 'dumb' devices (reminds me of a SciFi book where the AI helpers are called "artifically stupids"). Smart devices are local, no auto-updates, working with no issue in the event of an outage.
I have many smart devices, all that would stop working in the event of an internet outage, would be the voice interface.
- xvector 5y ago> That is why I call [smart] devices 'dumb' devices "Dumb devices" is already an actual term, already used to refer to non-smart devices, so you are confusing anyone that has not learnt your custom vocabulary.
- Semaphor 5y agoYou are right, I should call them stupid. But calling them smart is also confusing when most of them aren’t, with the "smart" part being on a remote server.