Who's the dumbass? The person who makes the shitty mirror, or the person who bought the inevitably extremely shitty mirror?
this post was submitted on 29 Feb 2024
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I hate the future. We were promised hoverboards and instead we have this. Fuck the future.
Adtech capitalism has sucked all the hope and joy from life.
I would rather burn down my house than to buy smart devices. I am getting old and bitter because of this crap world and people.
The problem isnt the concept of smart devices but the way capitalism designed them.
For some reason all of them need to connect to the internet and are controlled with a cloud app, which to me seems like it completely unnecessary and unsafe from a consumer point of view.
I bet the reason the error above exist is just to manipulate you into connecting it just so they can steal and sell your data, big nope for me.
Just give me something that
- reverts to default functionality in case of problems
- has advanced technical features for convenience
- has an accessible local netwerk api so consumers can do what they want.
If i really need internet access i’ll provide a vpn tunnel or open port to do so, safely under my own adult responsibility.
One can make an argument that not all are so tech inclined but my counter is the consumer crap is so full of dangerous exploits if what i wrote sounds foreign stay away from it or ask a friendly geek for help.
as an idea it makes sense https://info.lululemon.com/help/mirror-home-gym
but I understand is a failed product, probably because of the high price
"Your mirror isn't connected to the internet and as such we will put a full length error on it to remove even the functionality provided by the basic properties of aluminium"
I don't understand the problem, You've got a perfectly well working product, just without the Internet access. If you don't want to connect it to use the advanced features, just unplug it and use the mirror in the way you like.
Nobody bought this mirror accidentally for $1000. They bought it for the specific workout shit it does around correcting your form.
You people are so God damned smart and judgemental
You can see how incredibly easy it is to spread disinformation, counting on the overwhelming information bombardment to do no fact-checking and have us act - or not act at all - against our own best interests. By which I mean this sort of thing:
bOtH pArTiEs ArE tHe SaMe LoL aMiRiTe, i ReAd A sTrOnGLy WoRdEd TwEeT oNcE aBoUt iT!
Are you on crack? What are you even taking about?
Why does a mirror need a computer exactly?
for showing you ads as you wash your hands, and spying on you