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.
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.
@TimWardCam Yeah, we all like different things.
TV manufacturers won't support their streaming apps for as long as the tv functions. So when they stop updating, your smart tv won't show Youtube or Disney+ or whatever service anymore. Then you need to replace your tv even though the display device would be good for years.
And worse, when some of them stop working, it may make the entire smart tv software stop working or get annoying to use.
@TimWardCam That's why I don't want those services internally in the first place because they absolutely *will* break.
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