It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.
Losing the app means that people can’t change the color of the light on the shoe. You can still do all the other shit manually.
That said, I feel like companies should be required to open source shit like this once they drop support for it. Otherwise stuff like this adds to the mountains of e-waste poisoning the planet.
I don’t disagree with you, but I find the concept of an open source shoe to be amusing.
I find the concept of a closed source shoe horrifying. 🙂
Companies really should just opensource their apps at this point, or at the very least publish their protocols.
Can’t see how dropping apps and bricking devices benefits anyone.
A point could be made that it hurts the planet and they should be held responsible for their shenanigans.
As with that spotify car thing.
Source code escrow is a thing, too. I’ve only seen it in the context of (as I understood it) protection against going out of business, but perhaps it could apply to discontinued products, as well?
Just don’t do it
Just screw it
Just do it yourself.
Finally, they fixed shoe-tying. Now all I gotta do when I wanna tie my shoes is download an app and make sure my shoes are charged.
Isn’t the point of self-lacing shoes that they shouldn’t require manual user input at all? What is the app for then?
RGB
That’s what my shoes were missing: spyware!
I don’t know why my first thought from this was Ruth Gator Binsburg. Now I just want something like a shitty_watercolor of that.
So will there be a pirate app floating around for those who own these? Are there enough peeps who bought these for there to be interest in making one? Can’t be tough
We need self tightening AI nuts and bolts. We could sell them to Boeing or something idk.
Oh yeah. Let’s hand aviation safety to the technology that thinks deathcap mushrooms are delicious and healthy.
I dont know what you’re on about.
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How to overcomplicate simple things 101, 2024 Edition
what happens if you are wearing these when the app gets shut off? 0.o
Rest In Sneakers
“I’ve got to leave early.”
“Why? We’re having fun!”
“Sorry, I got to go home and charge my shoes.”We surely live in the future! /s
Let me guess… AI enhanced feature?
Those self-tying sneakers don’t appear to have any laces to self-tie…
How long before it requires a subscription?
Are hyper-expensive running shoes STILL a thing? Damn, people need to grow up.
Damn, people need to grow up.
They just move onto hyper-expensive cars, watches, Warhammer figurines, purses, jewelry, etc. The human instinct to flaunt and/or collect is pretty strong in certain people.
If anything the gap is bigger than ever as the top end shoes are basically performance enhancers like the nike airflys used to set most records…and their new vaporflys being banned in the Olympics.
I guess it’s better than hyper expensive shoes just being a paying for a brand thing?
In the end you can start making a shoe that almost functions like a prosthetic. We are not animals designed to always be running, but with a few tweaks you can make that closer to be true.
That is so very not the problem here. Everyone has things they enjoy that other people think are frivolous.
…are you under the impression that high-end running shoes are a scam, or something?
Power laces, alright!
…wait a minute…? 😕
