Sounds like the beginning of the Cory Doctorow novella “Unauthorized Bread.” Cloud service goes down and the main character’s toaster won’t work without them.

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[–] raman_klogius@ani.social 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Terminally online, even for #2

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[–] mo_lave@reddthat.com 19 points 4 days ago (2 children)

At least the tech director believes enough on their product to actually use it.

[–] easily3667@lemmus.org 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

Or that's a sign he's stupid and overconfident

This is 2025, 40 years after apple mainstreamed the silicon valley "scam investors until you make it" approach.

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[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 20 points 4 days ago (5 children)

It's like the forcefields in the brig on Star Trek. Extremely stupid to not also have bars as a backup in case they fail.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 17 points 4 days ago

I don't understand the idiots who insist on unredundant designs. Especially when it comes to handles. They've literally killed people with that decision.

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[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 19 points 4 days ago (5 children)

How the fuck can a faucet be smart? It's a valve! It turns one way, or it turns the other way! It is only slightly less dumb than the counter top!

[–] BakerBagel@midwest.social 17 points 4 days ago

But what if the valve was actuated electronically with no manual access?

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[–] philpo@feddit.org 20 points 4 days ago

And this is why KNX and Home Assistant are a good idea.

[–] applemao@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This is why I go the extra mile to keep iot out of my life. Especially in cars , which is getting hard, but I figure my future cars I'll likely retrofit something old. Newest I'll tolerate is 2014, with no touchscreen.

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