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  1. @hamatti predicted this.

    > When the company calls their home appliances "smart", what I hear is:
    > - they spent money on features I don't care about
    > - those features will be worse than standalone devices but will drive them out of market (looking at you TVs)
    > - the appliance is more likely to break
    > - my data is likely being sold to advertisers
    > - when the company loses interest in it and cut support, I will need to buy a new device
    > So no, I don't want "smart" home appliances.

    social.chinwag.org/@hamatti@ma

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