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WanderingEng · 3358 days ago · link · · parent · post: Consumers Prepare For An Internet Of Very Pointless Things
I see it less as an Internet of pointless things and more as appliances of pointless options. An oven I can start remotely doesn't interest me; I'm not likely to leave my dinner in a room temperature oven for nine hours while I'm at work. The same is true of wet clothes in the laundry. But at the same time, a status check would be great. Confirming the stove is off or how many minutes are left on my laundry would be nice. So what I think will happen is manufacturers will add internet connectivity, and then the rest is just cheap software. I'll get my status stuff, but it will come with a thousand other options I couldn't care less about.