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Juhis Aug 11, 2024

When the company calls their home appliances "smart", what I hear is:

- they spent money on features I don't care about
- those features will be worse than standalone devices but will drive them out of market (looking at you TVs)
- the appliance is more likely to break
- my data is likely being sold to advertisers
- when the company loses interest in it and cut support, I will need to buy a new device

So no, I don't want "smart" home appliances.

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Juhis Aug 11, 2024

If I buy a TV, I want a TV that shows channels and to which I can plug other devices to watch the other stuff.

If I buy speakers, I want to connect whatever I have to them and not risk remote bricking of devices by manufacturer.

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StarkRG

@hamatti Related: as much as I really love my Sony neckband Bluetooth headphones (that they don't make anymore because people prefer the tiny ones that run out of battery after an hour and fall out of your ears and get lost) I don't like that they *only* work with an app. It's Bluetooth, they should work with anything that has Bluetooth audio. Sure, have an app to change settings, but it shouldn't be required, and it definitely shouldn't need an account on their servers.