Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 weeks agoI have a mattress i purchased for $100 of my buddy when he moved out the country. He ordered it online the year before for $400. I can just throw it on the ground and sleep on it no problem when i move. Not sure why a mattress would ever need an Internet connection other than to spy on you
greybeard@feddit.online 2 weeks ago
Theoretically what they were offering can be useful. It both heats and cools, so you can leave the house temperature higher or lower to save on energy costs while staying comfy in bed. It has tilting feature which can be nice for reading or watching TV. Also, you’d hope that it would be a comfy bed in general for that price.
Of course this event shows the makers are fools and the concept of a subscription being needed, for an already overpriced bed, to do what a nob could do, is insane.
BakerBagel@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Or you can get a window unit if you want your bedroom cooler in the summer and a heated blanket for the winter for a fraction of the cost. And once again, neither of those options will spy on you or stop working just because Amazon shit the bed 1000 miles away from where you live. IoT devices are a luxury tax on people too stupid for all their money.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
the people that would by a 2k bed would also buy a 1800 samsung fridge that comes WITH ADS.