Internet of Things (IoT) Hate Thread - If an appliance can't be managed with an app or doesn't have built-in ad displays is it even worth buying?

[funwithshemales69]

Bring back lcd display screens, I will stand for none of this "smart" crap. I'm the smart one, not the device.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Things that worked just fine before the internet shouldn't be changed to need an internet.

Some examples: microwaves, refrigerators, ceiling fans, light bulbs, hot water heaters ...

also:

what exactly does an internet-connected microwave do that a regular microwave doesn't do?

[G-Force clip vid]

 

[Thiletonomics]

HVAC units tauting Wifi or other connectivity is a literal red flag. That connectivity feature is literally asking to be a killswitch to shut your unit off without your permission, for "reasons".

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Don't you love ADS on your $1,800 smart fridge?

Samsung Announces Plans to Plaster Your Smart Fridge With Digital Advertisements (on futurism.com, ad block may be needed)

If it’s digital, it can have a screen. And if it has a screen, it can show you ads.

That’s the logic that dominates the electronics and tech industry these days, and it’s now coming to bear on an essential household appliance: the fridge.

We call it a fridge, but after reading this, you may yearn for the days when they functioned as a mere icebox. Friend of the advertising industry Samsung announced that it will start plastering ads on its Family Hub™ refrigerators in the US, rendering your blank, low-tech slate of a fridge door into a fixture that would look right at home in Times Square.

• Fridge should be just a place to keep one's food and drink cold.
• Why the hell does there need to be those "smart" fridges anyway?
• Why does a "smart" fridge need to be connected to the internets?
• Of course there may be advertising on those "smart" fridges now.
• Can't one just, I dunno, look in the fridge to see what's in it?