We Finally Have Proof That the Internet Is Worse::High-profile lawsuits against Google and Amazon have revealed Silicon Valley’s vise grip on our lives.

  • AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I have a microwave/air fryer/convection combo that I can’t use unless I install a phone app. It came with the apartment. It has only a few “buttons” on its face. The UI is almost completely non-intuitive, but the app makes it easy. Every time I bake bread I fight the urge to blow my brains out as I navigate to the app. I have become that which I mocked.

    • AlijahTheMediocre@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I yearn for the days when my toaster just made toast.

      There’s a line that needs to be drawn between things that benefit from IoT and things that should’ve remained dumb