• sylver_dragon@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    If something requires an “app” and a connection to “the cloud” for basic functionality, don’t buy it. This sort of abandonment by the manufacturer will always happen. Maybe it will last longer. Maybe it will be next week. But once the company has your money, the last thing they want to do is to spend any of that money providing you with support.

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        4 months ago

        Its still stupid. No reason there is no embedded web interface. That is such an easy thing to do. Like routers have been doing for ages.

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            4 months ago

            Then it still doesn’t take away anything from you. How would an additional embedded web based control panel impact you negatively? If you don’t use it just don’t use it. But it ensures longevity and makes the device entirely self-contained.

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      The funny thing about this is that the first time I had that moment of realization was when I got the Sphero BB-8 toy from my kids for Christmas. It had a dedicated app. The reason it’s funny is because, out of all the things that I own, it’s the only app-driven one that still works. Sphero just merged it into their main app. Once that app stops getting updated, this toy will cease to work despite everything about it being functional. ☹️

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        4 months ago

        This is why i am for mandatory open sourcing of abandonware. So much stuff just laying wasted that could be hacked.

        But allowing you to diy your own toys might make you consume less and thats bad or something.

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      4 months ago

      Inevitably what happens after 5 years is that someone reports that the app doesn’t work well with a newer version of iOS or Android, and the person that led the engineering on it is gone, because much of your engineering org has turned over after 5 years.

      Then a new person jumps into the old project, finds out that it’s had 1 active user last year, then they question why they have to spend a week bug fixing something for one end user.

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        4 months ago

        As a developer, this is the answer. I can’t wait for the day I can finally stop supporting old Amazon Kindle devices.

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    4 months ago

    TIL about self-lacing shoes… What a waste of fucking resources. Might as well add some flashing red lights at the back of the soles if you already have batteries in them.

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      4 months ago

      Lights in shoes that blink at each step were all the hype in my childhood

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    People who bought these are fucking idiots and they deserve much worse then their stupid fucking smart shoes turning into abandonware.

    Maybe we wouldn’t have so much shit in landfills if those idiots didn’t gobble up any piece of trash someone wants to sell them.

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      4 months ago

      I could see handicapped people being interested in these. Fuck then I guess right.