Lol. Hell no.
Smart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion app
Submitted 3 months ago by vegeta@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
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RangerJosie@sffa.community 3 months ago
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 3 months ago
For those of us on Android, can’t we download the old APK which still talks Bluetooth and just never interact with the web/wifi for these?
OhNoMoreLemmy@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
The app phones home to access recipes.
Maybe it works without access to the server, but maybe it just refuses to do anything.
macarthur_park@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I have one of these. The sous vide cooker itself is very nice and easy to use, I’d highly recommend it. The app is a bit clunky and not necessary to use the device. I certainly wouldn’t pay $2 a month for it.
The app lets you set a temperature and cook time, but you can also do this using the buttons on the cooker. Sometimes the WiFi pairing is finicky, so honestly I skip the app half the time. The app also lets you view and write recipes. I guess the big advantage is you can click “start cooking” and it automatically sets the device temp and time, but doing it manually isn’t much harder. I’m also not wowed by the in-app recipe selection, and generally just get recipes from the internet.
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Y’all should read Unauthorized Bread from Cory Doctorow. This hits so close to home.
Vanth@reddthat.com 3 months ago
I was given one of those. I tried the app once and immediately uninstalled it. It’s worthless. The “let’s put AI in your computer mouse, toothbrush, and toilet scrubber!” of ten years ago.
Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 3 months ago
It’s not unreasonable to start charging for an app like that if it is under active maintenance, that costs money for the company after all.
But the lesson for the consumer is: Don’t buy tools that rely on apps or servers ran by someone else unless you want to eventually start paying rent…
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Something so simple shouldn’t require maintenance.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
You realize all these people bought the thing before the app and subscription existed, right?
werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 months ago
My new microwave rotates for free!!. The 9 dollar MW subscription gets me 500W, the 15 dollar gets me 1500W and with the $30 monthly subscription I can get 3000W! It’s wonderful!
gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Oof, you too with the enshittificafion and planned obsolescence, Anova?
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Oh good, it’s not the joule. That would suck big time. You can only use it via the app.
AceBonobo@lemmy.world 3 months ago
It’s not the Joule… Yet
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Good thing there are other good options out there by now. That would be a deal breaker for sure.
admin@lemmy.haley.io 3 months ago
That was my first thought as well. I love that thing but I hate that it requires the app to run
RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 3 months ago
Yeah. I have two different sticks. A cheap one because “no way is the joule that good” and the joule because “shit, maybe it is”.
And it is. But an interface on the stick would make it perfect.
SSJMarx@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Ten years before they pulled this. Hopefully the cookers can be used without the app.
linearchaos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
The funniest thing about this is a anovas app is practically f****** useless.
It has maybe two thirds of the things I ever want to cook in it. I end up looking times and temperatures up on the internet anyway. And it’s maximum utility is to set the temperature and timer which you can do from the unit itself easily. Honestly more easily.
jasonwherbst@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
This right here. The app is absolutely useless and unnecessary. Just don’t use it.
smellslikescience@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Lame move. That being said, I never use the app. It’s very easy to set the temperature without it.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 3 months ago
Imagine buying a devices that makes you install a program on a device you have to keep on you at all times and which probably contains all of your personal and financial information.
Like 98% of the human race are absolute fucking morons.
Dark_Dragon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
Think about it after 10 years either the app is not supported by your operating system or their server is offline.
I need to gadget that’s works with flip of switch and has all the functions offline even after 10 years.
If people don’t understand this facts they are morons.
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I forgot my ANOVA when I moved this summer. Now, I’m not that sorry I did.
ramble81@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I used the app once when I first got mine and never needed it again. I haven’t had a need for it as I start it, and then come back later. If I need a timer I can set one on my phone.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Honestly the Bluetooth app is dog shit. Haven’t used it in years because it’s far easier to just roll the dial. ANOVA should be paying me for distress.
kokesh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
First Inwas like Yeeeah to all the “smart stuff”. But more and more I’m thinking - what happens to current cars after some time? When all the connected crap gets disconnected? Currently you can fix and drive any old piece of junk and drive it in theory forever. What happens when the smart cars lose connection to mothership? What happens when all the electronics go bad and there is no way to fix it? Same goes for your fridge, coffee maker, etc.
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
In the long run, having it all running Free Software is the only way to ensure it can be supported indefinitely. I have a zero-tolerance policy against proprietary software in my devices, and you should too.
todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I own one of these, and I honestly forgot there was an app. There’s literally no reason for it, outside of the timed-start mode that I never use.
Honestly, the biggest mistake was making this an IoT device to begin with.