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this post was submitted on 23 May 2026
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Internet of things was a mistake
Nah.
Like it often tends to be, the mistake wasn't the concept itself, but rather letting some of the worst and least qualified people get away with any fuckery they want in the neverending quest for short term profits and shareholder dividends.
The IOT could DEFINITELY be a vehicle for actual convenience with no drawbacks for consumers if we would just have and enforce laws and regulations favoring their experience over the profits of misery-makers.
The convenience isn't worth the downside. It's just a gaping security hole and data sink for corporations to suck from. Eventually the company will stop supporting the product and you're stuck having to use an outdated app and maintain your own copy (if that's allowed). You can roll your own system, but then all that work is placed on you, and for what kind of convenience? To remotely control devices or sync states to provide a minor convenience when it works and a major headache when it does not?
i agree with your philosophy bit i still think the instability thay comes from the added complexity always outweighs the use