I only buy cheap shit. And I never, ever, ever ever ever connect anything to the net that doesn’t absolutely need to be connected.
If I need an air fryer and the cheap one has smart shit on it. I will never connect that shit to the net. Never. Why the fuck would I? It’s an air fryer. Not a laptop.
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
FFS an air fryer is a heating element, fan, and thermostat.
Why are any of them being built with online connectivity and data harvesting capabilities?!
passepartout@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Manufacturers: To deliver solutions to nonexistent problems. Free money.
Politics: To save our economy. It can only survive if people buy new stuff all the time. Could also come in handy as surveillance measure sometime.
People: Oh how cool, I can monitor my air fryer from my couch ~5m away.
Tippon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
This would genuinely be handy for me though. I’ve got a nine year old, and have similar aged kids over quite regularly. If I’m dealing with the kids, I can’t always hear the air fryer finishing. A notification to the phone that’s in my pocket would be really helpful.
As you say though, there’s always shit tacked on :(
catloaf@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
“hey Google, preheat the oven to 350°”
It’d be nice to be able to do that while my hands are dirty doing something else, instead of stopping and cleaning them so I don’t put salmonella on the oven knobs.
then_three_more@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You could just do that first