What a crock of shit that grills are now IoT devices. The less of my life that’s accessible on the Internet, the better.
Way prefer a grill with an IP address to an oven or refrigerator.
I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?
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#12Why does Weber have their own browser? Or is this one of those embedded browsers in an app? If the latter, why do they need an embedded browser in their app?
Have you ever used the kind of application that would be produced by a barbeque grill manufacturer? I am not surprised it has an embedded web browser and this type of misconfiguration in the bundle.
Re: I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?
#13Why does Weber have their own browser? Or is this one of those embedded browsers in an app? If the latter, why do they need an embedded browser in their app?
Probably something like a privacy policy or faq that opens the weber website in an embedded browser
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#14I trust my BBQ more than any browser nowadays, so I would probably pick that.
If I have to choose between BBQ and the Web, I'll take BBQ.
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#15Why does Weber have their own browser? Or is this one of those embedded browsers in an app? If the latter, why do they need an embedded browser in their app?
Have you ever used the kind of application that would be produced by a barbeque grill manufacturer? I am not surprised it has an embedded web browser and this type of misconfiguration in the bundle.
No, I usually don't install apps for things like grills, refrigerators, trashcans or other domestic objects since I can't imagine they'd offer me anything obviously beneficial. I'm sure that's why I haven't enjoyed experiences like this.
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#17What a crock of shit that grills are now IoT devices. The less of my life that’s accessible on the Internet, the better.
Way prefer a grill with an IP address to an oven or refrigerator.
All 3 of these will inevitably be botnet nodes and DDoS amplifiers. We aren't ready for the responsibility of having any of these class of devices added to the internet.
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#18Android is such a drag sometimes. Between mystery quirks like this, where I'm sure someone who has been making Android apps for 6 years will be able to explain it, and things like the absolute inability to override the order of items in the sharing panel[1], such that Android will routinely topline sharing to a contact you got one text message from three years ago. "F.U., that's why" is the simplest conclusion I can…
This is a bug in the app, I don't see how it is Android's fault.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you ever used the kind of application that would be produced by a barbeque grill manufacturer? I am not surprised it has an embedded web browser and this type of misconfiguration in the bundle.
No, I usually don't install apps for things like grills, refrigerators, trashcans or other domestic objects since I can't imagine they'd offer me anything obviously beneficial. I'm sure that's why I haven't enjoyed experiences like this.
This. Sure, we can question why these kinds of apps get bundled with "internet of things" devices, but it won't stop until we realise collectively we aren't in fact better off with things listening to every word, reacting to every move, recording everyone passing our house, etc.
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#20What a crock of shit that grills are now IoT devices. The less of my life that’s accessible on the Internet, the better.
I'm utterly confused there as well. Decent grills I've owned consisted of three metal poles, a chain, a grill. Maybe a metal frame, a metal pan, a grill. Technically, I don't think I'd need much more than a bunch of sticks to grill something, besides fire material.
This is so nuts, there must be something missingThis might be a recipe app registering some bullshit capabilities or something.