Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish • 8 months ago

Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment

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Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment

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Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish • 8 months ago

Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse

Smart devices were supposed to make life better, but constant updates have made them worse

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To me a smart device was supposed to be a normal device that you could control ‘smartly’ over wifi.

Mini SoCs with their own apps and an optional subscription built in for some proprietary shit? That goes past smart straight into dumpster trash.

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