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But what if you're in the shower and want to say "Alexa, please increase water temperature by 1.3°C"?? What then, luddite?
Okay Dave, increasing water heat by 1,300 degress!
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It's so fucking wild because this does seem to be the alleged value proposition. And I'm like that's nowhere near enough reason to just add another iot piece of shit into my house.
Like if I end up having to buy one of these Imma dig inside the moment I get it and rip out the network card. Already did that to an ac unit