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dreamcompiler ◴[] No.45144685[source]
"Dumb" home devices work as expected for 25-50 years, and then you replace them.

"Smart" home devices work as expected for about a year and then they fail in new and exciting ways, and then you replace them.

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userbinator ◴[] No.45145349[source]
I have one of these: https://i.redd.it/629z71qmiq0c1.jpg

It will probably last over a century.

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1. acidburnNSA ◴[] No.45146083[source]
My mom had these. After 25 years they started rapidly cycling the furnace which burned out line 3 ignitors in rapid succession. Now replaced with smarter digital but not networked ones that throttle it a bit more.
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2. gooseyman ◴[] No.45146483[source]
My mom still has these. In gold. It has outlasted two boilers.