Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse
  • knotthatone@lemmy.oneEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I have nothing against advertising in general, but I won’t tolerate OS-level advertising and I don’t want ad-subsidized hardware.

    • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      Gotta pay for the OS somehow. The previous system ended up with tons of unpatched out-of-support machines spreading malware.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Smart devices are only useful if they are open source and everything can be self hosted. Everything else becomes a brick when the manufacturer drops support for it.

  • realitista@lemm.eeEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Anyone who’s serious about home automation eventually realizes that the only way to do it effectively is with locally controlled standards based devices like zwave and zigbee, and open source projects like home assistant and esp32.

    Anything else will eventually be corrupted or abandoned by its corporate sponsor, as anyone who’s tried it the other way can tell you.