“Eight Sleep confirmed there’s no offline mode yet, but they’re working on it.”
There’s an offline mode, all right. Unplug it!
AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright
Submitted 7 months ago by themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to technology@lemmy.world
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dhork@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 months ago
then they will have to cope of buying a “normal” mattress.
notarobot@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
Eight Sleep confirmed that while AWS was down, the metrics collection system was still working using internal memory. This means the dead man’s switch is engaged, and any attempt to power it off would violate the terms of service, causing the bed’s very obvious human-sized mousetrap to have its safety disengaged.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 months ago
it turns into a smei-bear trap for humans.
ramble81@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
And the air bladders have a leak that was usually dealt with by it being plugged in so it deflates and you’re left with a very flat and hard bed.
BakerBagel@midwest.social 7 months ago
I 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
InnerScientist@lemmy.world 7 months ago
So? That doesn’t sound as bad as full power heating.
Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world 7 months ago
You’re asking for trouble if you bought a “smart” bed that requires an internet connection to function.
sleen@lemmy.zip 7 months ago
99% of the smart stuff that exist in the market don’t fundamentally need internet connectivity. A smart bed (lol) is one of them. If the corporate cared about the good, they would’ve went with locally managed devices.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Baffling that “smart” products don’t just utilize the local network for their functionality.