Comment on Detroit man steals 800 gallons using Bluetooth to hack gas pumps at station

• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  because idiots with more money than sense think its “neat” to pay an extra hundred dollars to be told their toaster is done toasting while they are in the other room, instead of listening for the loud ass KERSHINKLUNK

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  • jarfil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wrong. It’s because smart people making toasters realize they can add a $0.50 piece of hardware and charge $100 more for the whole thing now that it’s “IoT enabled”… then have it call back to a server with everyone’s daily toasting routines which they can sell to data aggregators who will “anonymously” derive things like geographic power usage and breakfast hours split by demographics, to allow marketers better target ads at you.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      …and they do it because idiots with more money than sense think its “neat” to pay an extra hundred dollars blah blah blah.

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      • jarfil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If the final price was the same, they’d still do it, that statistical data pays for itself. Some idiots wanting to pay extra for the privilege of being tracked, is just a happy coincidence.

        Look at what happened to SmartTVs: in the beginning, that “Smart” was an “extra”; now, the TVs without tracking cost extra (and have fewer features).

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  • Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Imagine eating cold toast because your phone ran out battery.

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• jasondj@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I mean I really like getting push notifications when the dryer is done or the kids leave the fridge door slightly open…but a toaster is a bit excessive. I’m thinking about turning off notifications on my microwave as it is.

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• uranibaba@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  When my toaster can put in bread via WiFi, I’ll be using it.

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• RagingRobot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I like my toast on a schedule and one day when they invent the robot that moves the bread from the pantry and into the toaster I’ll have my dream. One Bluetooth device at a time.

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  • PrawoJazdy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Pee Wee Herman had a whole ass breakfast made for him way back in the 80’s.

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