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JamonBear@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks agoUsually the issue with app dependent products, is that it rely on a fucking cloud connection. That imply that if the cloud service goes down or the company collapse, your their product become unusable. Yet all corps continue to do it as it is super handy to track their pigeon users. Data can then be sold or used to plot growth curves that gives their CEO an erection.
Also it probably requires you to have a google or apple account.
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Well that’s a whole load of assumptions based on absolutely nothing…
JamonBear@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
First example in mind: jeffgeerling.com/…/i-wont-connect-my-dishwasher-y…
AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
My point being, the article lists perfectly good reasons for the app to exist, but you’ve made assumptions about it based solely on absolutely no data. What’s the point of linking an article about an unrelated app and company?
lmfamao@lemm.ee 4 weeks ago
The app doesn’t have to exist. Calibration can happen via other means.
You’re zeroing in on this one app’s supposed utility, missing the broader, well-documented pattern of issues with app-dependent, cloud-connected devices. The fundamental problem isn’t this specific app, but the systemic risks: data harvesting, planned obsolescence when servers shut down, and companies shifting terms post-purchase. Dismissing valid comparisons because the product category differs is a smokescreen. The concern isn’t an assumption based on nothing; it’s based on a consistent history of consumer-unfriendly practices across the IoT landscape.
Skepticism isn’t an “assumption based on nothing”; it’s pattern recognition.
JamonBear@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
You asked why people are pissed off by apps, here is some reasons. I honestly couldn’t care less for that toy belt.
Calibration needs is not an excuse to give up on privacy.