Comment on Smart devices are turning out to be a poor investment
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 months ago
I can’t buy into Smart Devices unless paying for the smartness lets me actually use it how I see fit.
So often there is little benefit except companies extract data from you, or to enforce some licensing or rent-seeking scheme. You’re just paying to get screwed over.
Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Yeah. Usually “smart” means it does what the average person wants. Not that it’s customizable at all. Things trying to be smart is what a major portion of my frustrations lie. The other major portion is companies stealing my data.
thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Home assistant is what you are looking for
Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Home assistant sounds cool, but I just want to be as manual as possible outside my computer at this point.