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I don't buy devices, if they need to be "on-the-internet" to function. But If I have the choice between a dumb one, and one with the same mechanics, but also a
by stragies 5y ago
I don't buy devices, if they need to be "on-the-internet" to function.
But If I have the choice between a dumb one, and one with the same mechanics, but also a simple SoC with a bunch of sensors and relays connected, that I can talk to with "non-vendor-products" with only a small price difference, THEN I will leave the dumb one on the shelf, and take home the one, that I can actually integrate WELL into my workflows.
- dpark 5y agoI fully expect a number of these smart devices to potentially break once they stop getting service support. Or at least to have a very degraded experience. “Hey, I haven’t been able to connect to the internet to download updates in a while. Can you read this and dismiss this message literally every time you use me from now on?”
- stragies 5y ago"Smart" Devices, when it comes to my buying decisions, also includes, if the vendor went out of his way to produce future e-garbage by e.g. including Broadcom wifi or something else that would needlessly impede the possibility of future enhancements/bugfixes by an enthusiast community through withholding useful driver developer documentation.