▲ 464 ▼ [iFixit] Worst in Show 2025: Not All Innovation Is Good Innovation | The Most Overengineered, Unrepairable, and Unsustainable Tech Disasters at CES (www.ifixit.com) submitted 2 years ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] Soulifix@kbin.melroy.org 51 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TheFogan@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago Doubles down too, because within a week the novelty wears off and the rich people don't use it, it's just sitting in the corner, collecting their data, possibly raking in a subscription fee that they forgot about. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hansolo@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago I feel like stuff like this is always aimed at average people and the data collection is what offsets the price to make it the cheapest option. Only new money would use it to chase trendy things like this. They end up being slight convenience with added work and expectations on the consumer. High end appliances aimed at real wealth are usually more about how they can be built in to the house design. Rich people will pay more for a thing that makes the house look like a magazine, and will last years. Why would a rich person want a fridge that tells them they need to buy milk when their actual human assistant does that? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheFogan@programming.dev 10 points 2 years ago Doubles down too, because within a week the novelty wears off and the rich people don't use it, it's just sitting in the corner, collecting their data, possibly raking in a subscription fee that they forgot about. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hansolo@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago I feel like stuff like this is always aimed at average people and the data collection is what offsets the price to make it the cheapest option. Only new money would use it to chase trendy things like this. They end up being slight convenience with added work and expectations on the consumer. High end appliances aimed at real wealth are usually more about how they can be built in to the house design. Rich people will pay more for a thing that makes the house look like a magazine, and will last years. Why would a rich person want a fridge that tells them they need to buy milk when their actual human assistant does that? permalink fedilink source parent