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Companies are beginning to gate previously existing features behind the requirement to connect their devices to the cloud and/or install an app on your phone.
by bityard 4mo ago
Companies are beginning to gate previously existing features behind the requirement to connect their devices to the cloud and/or install an app on your phone.
Dishwashers, refrigerators, even (and perhaps especially) cars.
"Just don't connect it to the Internet," is sadly less viable option as time goes on.
- GolfPopper 4mo ago>"Just don't connect it to the Internet," is sadly less viable option as time goes on. I feel compelled to quibble with your word choice here. Not connecting appliances to the Internet remains a viable option. It is simply one that is increasingly not common or not readily available.
- subscribed 4mo agoI'm confused. This is what they said? "less viable option as time goes on" is pretty much "remains a viable option, increasingly not common" ?
- GolfPopper 4mo agoThis may just be me being idiosyncratic with vocabulary. To me, "less viable" implies there some outside factor or internal failure preventing it from working. But non-internet appliances will continue to work just fine, if you can get one. I.e. it's a viable choice, just one with less and less availability.
- subscribed 4mo agoThat's interesting, thanks!