"why does the fridge have an internet connection?""So it can download security updates""Why does it need security updates?""To protect against new vulnerabilities""Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that...""Oh"
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek Our smart thermostat can connect to Spotify. So if we look at it one day and say OMG it's hot as hell, immediately the thermostat will start playing AC/DC? No thanks.
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek 100% das!
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek I spy a #greed why
LG means life is good, so why worry about your intimate experiences being banked on by your tv, or refrigerator? We all die, so why worry about Planned Obsolescence?
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek In my opinion, we've gotten to a point where (generally speaking, there are exceptions like kitchenaid mixers) the consumer appliance industry has gotten to a point where spending more gets you a worse product. Spending more doesn't buy you a higher quality product, it buys you more complexity and more gimmicks that just break or it buys you wifi connectivity that they use to lock basic features behind subscriptions.
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek "Yeah but we're gonna" seems to be the tech bro answer
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@quixoticgeek In my opinion, we've gotten to a point where (generally speaking, there are exceptions like kitchenaid mixers) the consumer appliance industry has gotten to a point where spending more gets you a worse product. Spending more doesn't buy you a higher quality product, it buys you more complexity and more gimmicks that just break or it buys you wifi connectivity that they use to lock basic features behind subscriptions.
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@quixoticgeek I've always had "landlord spec" appliances. By that I mean if you look it up, it's the cheapest or close to the cheapest and most basic model that (insert brand, whirlpool in my current case) makes. Yet my fridge keeps my food cold. My oven heats to the temperature I told it to. My washing machine makes my clothes clean. My dishwasher cleans my dishes fantastically well. And none of them demand anything of me.
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@quixoticgeek I've always had "landlord spec" appliances. By that I mean if you look it up, it's the cheapest or close to the cheapest and most basic model that (insert brand, whirlpool in my current case) makes. Yet my fridge keeps my food cold. My oven heats to the temperature I told it to. My washing machine makes my clothes clean. My dishwasher cleans my dishes fantastically well. And none of them demand anything of me.
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@quixoticgeek Can I tell they are cheaper appliances and are there features I wish I had? Sure. My oven has no convect mode. The dishwasher and clothes washer are noisy. My fridge has no water or ice dispenser (though it does have an icemaker). But they all do the job they are designed to do very well. And I expect them to hold up decently because there's so little to go wrong, and if something does go wrong it will be cheaper to fix.
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@quixoticgeek Can I tell they are cheaper appliances and are there features I wish I had? Sure. My oven has no convect mode. The dishwasher and clothes washer are noisy. My fridge has no water or ice dispenser (though it does have an icemaker). But they all do the job they are designed to do very well. And I expect them to hold up decently because there's so little to go wrong, and if something does go wrong it will be cheaper to fix.
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@quixoticgeek The $2500 fancy oven with wifi and whatever else is not going to do a better job at being an oven than my $700 oven. Same with pretty much any other appliance. And the $700 one isn't gonna demand subscriptions and it will probably last much longer. So why would you buy the more expensive one.
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek This is where they go silent because they know the response to this would piss you off.
"Actually, we need to make sure your repair man can't hack into the firmware to fix stuff. If he could you could use him and not our overpriced repair people who are 'licensed' and pay us for the right to the keys. How we gonna sell the keys if someone figures out how to break in and it's not on the internet pulling updates when we plug those holes??"
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@quixoticgeek This is where they go silent because they know the response to this would piss you off.
"Actually, we need to make sure your repair man can't hack into the firmware to fix stuff. If he could you could use him and not our overpriced repair people who are 'licensed' and pay us for the right to the keys. How we gonna sell the keys if someone figures out how to break in and it's not on the internet pulling updates when we plug those holes??"
@quixoticgeek Then what happens is some "software engineer" decides that he doesn't give a shit and just does the minimum thing that might get checked off as having completed the feature.
So you get XOR against "password" to protect privacy in BCI software, which is an actual thing I saw happen.
"R.1.1.23: protect root"
Developer: "set root password to 'opensesme' - NEXT!!"
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"why does the fridge have an internet connection?"
"So it can download security updates"
"Why does it need security updates?"
"To protect against new vulnerabilities"
"Surely if we didn't connect it to the internet, we wouldn't need that..."
"Oh"@quixoticgeek I want my fridge and washing machine to last 30 years without needing expensive repairs. Adding complexity so the advertisement can have a long bullet list of useless features doesn’t serve my needs.
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