• danc4498@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    You’re describing IOT years ago. I still don’t know why my washing machine needs access to my internet. Thoufh I guess I like the alerts when the cycle is done.

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      7 months ago

      The reason for that is because we hit a point where it was cheaper to buy an off the shelf microcomputer that came with wireless capabilities than it was to design a purpose built control board.
      Once you’re building a device that has the hardware for itg, you may as well try to use it as a competitive differentiator.

      When this wasn’t a total failure, manufacturers started spending a bit more effort to develop the control part of things, which is why now we have a lot of different unified hub type apps.

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      7 months ago

      IOT died with the Juicero. It was everything IOT claimed to be rolled into one overpriced package: a worthless scam tied to a subscription model that spied on its users. Really reveals the whole game when someone actually follows through on the marketing bullshit.

      EDIT: and the saddest thing is that I looked into it; despite being 500$ they sold those things at a 250$ loss. So unsustainable on top of it all.