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As IoT becomes more ubiquitous, the people who plaster their houses in tin foil will become less ridiculous.
Nah. Pop open the cover and install an aftermarket control board that runs Free software. Eventually, this will be more user-friendly (better interface one doesn't have to relearn every monthly update), convenient (better software features), and economical (how many appliances are thrown out due to software malfunctions).
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Same reason why GPS feature in a car is useless. I'm using google maps on my phone anyway due to the better interface and constant updates.
I do appreciate my car GPS for when I'm outside of cell range though (which is frequently--mountains and radios don't work well together).
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No, you would be better off financially to not waste your money on the iPad. iPad mini: $399 kindle fire: $49.99
I'm thinking that if you're in the market for a $3600 Internet-connected fridge, you can afford and would just rather have the iPad. I don't know enough about the Fire to say whether it's a piece of garbage or not; all I know is that I have a bunch of iPad apps that I've paid for and Apple's ecosystem makes it easy to add another iPad and transfer my settings over.
Going off the usual price for apps ($2.99?), and a 'bunch' is probably about 25 apps, then replacing all your paid iOS apps with paid Fire apps would probably cost you $75.
So ignoring anything else, a lot of people would actually value their $75 sunk app costs greater than the $350 difference between that iPad and the Fire. It's a pretty interesting lesson in humanity.
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Same reason why GPS feature in a car is useless. I'm using google maps on my phone anyway due to the better interface and constant updates.
I do appreciate my car GPS for when I'm outside of cell range though (which is frequently--mountains and radios don't work well together).
If you like this, you should check out http://twitter.com/internetofshit (I am not the author)
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As IoT becomes more ubiquitous, the people who plaster their houses in tin foil will become less ridiculous.
Nah. Pop open the cover and install an aftermarket control board that runs Free software. Eventually, this will be more user-friendly (better interface one doesn't have to relearn every monthly update), convenient (better software features), and economical (how many appliances are thrown out due to software malfunctions).
Waiting for future slew of news stories regarding "rogue fridges"... some goof drives by a house, jacks the wifi, compromises the fridge.
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Step 0) Disconnect any phone or network cables and ensure RF jammers covering WiFi and cell frequencies are active before commencing home appliance repair.
As IoT becomes more ubiquitous, the people who plaster their houses in tin foil will become less ridiculous.
I repeat.
The problem here is not the refrigerator!
We're building a shitty internet, not an internet of shitty things. If integrating with an online calendar means having to have a software team at the ready at all times for the whim's of some service's API updates.. we have failed society in a deep way.
The API that Google should be releasing for Google calendar is CalDAV, because it's a standard that people can depend on. Google - by choosing to not use that standard AND to not get a different one standardized with their peers, shows they don't want to be part of an Internet.