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AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright (www.dexerto.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 70 points 10 months ago* (9 children)

“Eight Sleep confirmed there’s no offline mode yet, but they’re working on it.”

There's an offline mode after all. Unplug it!

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  • [–] 8 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    And the air bladders have a leak that was usually dealt with by it being plugged in so it deflates and you’re left with a very flat and hard bed.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

    I have a mattress i purchased for $100 of my buddy when he moved out the country. He ordered it online the year before for $400. I can just throw it on the ground and sleep on it no problem when i move. Not sure why a mattress would ever need an Internet connection other than to spy on you

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago* (2 children)

    Theoretically what they were offering can be useful. It both heats and cools, so you can leave the house temperature higher or lower to save on energy costs while staying comfy in bed. It has tilting feature which can be nice for reading or watching TV. Also, you'd hope that it would be a comfy bed in general for that price.

    Of course this event shows the makers are fools and the concept of a subscription being needed, for an already overpriced bed, to do what a knob could do, is insane.

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  • [–] 3 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

    Or you can get a window unit if you want your bedroom cooler in the summer and a heated blanket for the winter for a fraction of the cost. And once again, neither of those options will spy on you or stop working just because Amazon shit the bed 1000 miles away from where you live. My parents have a high end mattress that tilts but it doesn't need an Internet connection, and cost half the price of this thing. IoT devices are a luxury tax on people too stupid for all their money.

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Eight Sleep confirmed that while AWS was down, the metrics collection system was still working using internal memory. This means the dead man’s switch is engaged, and any attempt to power it off would violate the terms of service, causing the bed’s very obvious human-sized mousetrap to have its safety disengaged.

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