Calm down, Francis, the thermostat can still be used and programmed manually. The only features lost are remote settings which we never used once.
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ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m imagining some poor rube who bought fully into the IoT. Like every appliance they own is smart. Then one day they wake up to their entire house no longer functioning because the smart devices can’t connect to whatever services they need. Can’t even work the smart locks on their doors.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Manjushri@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Not the user you were responding to, and you’re correct about these thermostats, but not all devices retain functionality without internet connectivity. For example, these $2000 dollar ‘smart’ beds.
Some reported on Reddit that they were woken up by their bed suddenly readjusting their preferred sleeping temperatures – some soaring as high as 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Others say their bed became stuck at an extreme incline. According to The Washington Post, some beds also blinked flashing lights and sounded wake-up alarms.
These things became contorted, overheating (or freezing) bricks when AWS went down last week and the owners had no control over them without the app.
Natanael@infosec.pub 3 weeks ago
Which may suck for people who needed it for vacation homes, or worse, to help their old parents or something like it
Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online 3 weeks ago
I was never able to really make all that stuff work in the first place so I’ve got three “smart” bulbs I bought in maybe 2018 that still (mostly) work, and am generally switching my smart plugs to mechanical timers because I only really use them for grow lights.
I do feel better about being away from home overnight in winter with my weather station (which includes a sensor inside the house) but everything adds nothing to my life at all.
Ydna@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Pretty much happening if support disappears for 2.4GHz wifi. Most of these smart devices require it, and many wifi routers don’t even bother transmitting it unless you specifically activate that option.
comador@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
IoT isn’t exactly reliable and many, including the rich are trying to reverse the IoT trend: hollywoodreporter.com/…/tech-free-homes-luxury-tr…