@stephen@ephemera.vital.org.nz
2026-09-28 02:18 UTC
@thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz that ability is cool. What's not cool is phoning home regularly to a 3rd party with my information. Or borrowing my internet connection to be part of a proxy farm. Or deciding that it's time to stop working even though the hardware is fine. Etc.
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@stephen@ephemera.vital.org.nz 2026-09-28 02:20
@thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz actually also not having buttons or knobs and only having a touchscreen also puts things on my shitlist.
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@stephen@ephemera.vital.org.nz 2026-09-29 23:56
@thomasbeagle@mastodon.nz apropos: https://www.theverge.com/column/1000778/smart-home-june-oven-graveyard