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Belkin shows tech firms getting too comfortable with bricking customers' stuff

(arstechnica.com)
83 points speckx | 1 comments | 11 Jul 25 19:18 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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AndrewDucker ◴[11 Jul 25 20:22 UTC] No.44536450[source]▶
This is why I'm buying "smart" things only if they either work fine without the internet or if they are part of a standard.

My washing machine tells me when it's done, and that's handy, but if it goes away I can still wash clothes. My smart bulbs work with anything that supports Thread/Matter.

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1. Gigachad ◴[11 Jul 25 23:31 UTC] No.44537872[source]▶
It’s often impossible to tell before you purchase if connecting it to the internet is optional or not.