Waiting for the reports that cars couldn't be used because of the aws issue
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People who buy an internet connected bed have more dollars than sense.
This is completely ridiculous. Why would you buy a bed that goes upright? Through the internet?
Because, and this may surprise you, some (most?) people don't think about how their stuff works. They just see it has an app and goes "neat!".
I don't know why my dishwasher should be online. But I've been with people who's smart watches twinkled to alert them that their dishwasher, located 30min away, was out of rinse aid. I can think of no scenario in which that is relevant. Rant warning There's a God damn light on the front of the unit, that tells you the same damn thing, and you can't do anything about without being at the unit. What are you going to do? Drop whatever you're doing at work and take an hour lunch break early to drive home and deal with it? Didn't think so.
BUT the person had seen the dishwasher and thought it was neat, modern, and needed a new dishwasher. And that's whywe end up with a lot of "smart" devices, which are just "ordinary devices with an cloud based remote control"
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I have awful acid reflux and have an adjustable bed frame. Having the top half slightly raised is a life saver since I can raise it for worse reflux and lower it for better sleep. I just use a remote, though. Doing it on an app through the internet is just stupid.
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Dumbest fucking timeline
What's wrong with just a regular mattress? Why does it have to be connected to the internet? :(
It adjusts temperature (can heat OR cool and in some versions it can heat one side and cool the other) and I think the even more expensive version can morph a bit to your liking, and according to them, reduce snoring.
What they don't mention is that regardless of whether you get the 3600 euro option or the 5800 euro option, you still have to SUPPLY YOUR OWN MATTRESS. It's also a subscription service.
If you didn't hate it enough, it's also advertised as being "powered by AI". Which almost certainly is just some temperature adjustment algorithm, maybe even a deterministic one.
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I thought I was terminally online but this is the moment I am hearing about smart beds. I guess the appeal is that it beams ads directly into your dreams?
Lol wow. We truly are fucked as a species.
The most first world of all first world problems has arrived
Online first, and they're only now working on offline mode? Okay...
this is worse than getting locked out of your smart oven for not paying subscription
After reading the post and sifting through the comments I had this realization, that's probably more about advertising than anything else, I guess, but.. Don't you find it strange that in the last few years, there's a non-zero number of people who stumble upon an article like this, on lemmy, out of all places, and think "I didn't even know that existed, yet, it's very obvious that enough people use it for it to make headlines"? Is it just me? 🤔