In a world where everything needs to be internet connected, where printers won’t print and vacuums won’t vacuum unless they can reach corporate servers, we must resist.

Disable those sensors. Hack that firmware. Refuse the upgrades.

Fight the sucking wound that corporates have inflicted on our lives that leaks out data and privacy and gives us useless, unrepairable chunks of e-waste in return.

Nothing gets an IP address in my house without buying me a drink and convincing me it really needs it.
@kestral Make toast with unauthorized bread. @pluralistic
@pluralistic @johnnyvonrotten fight the power and spread some jelly on it
@kestral @pluralistic Sell bespoke offline toasters on Etsy to fund your retirement.

@kestral Make them write modules for HomeAssistant or others to run their services locally.

They can sell all the same scheduling and monitoring services without being intrusive data monsters.

@kestral Unless it's not the features but the data-monstering they make their money on...