There are incredible parallels between the failure modes of smart home technology and modern web site architecture:

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@jason no I did not originally mean that but both failure modes are important!

[clhenrick@indieweb.social]

@zachleat ditto with e-bikes, I’ve heard of manufacturers going under and then customers no longer can get their bike fixed or its software updated.

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@clhenrick woof, that’s an expensive brick

[eric@social.ericwbailey.website]

@zachleat oh hey, a definitely unrelated link https://mashable.com/article/internet-of-things-university-network-

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@eric

that seems HIGHLY RELATED, ERIC

[deliachristina@sfba.social]

@zachleat

I wanna know how you got inside your house.

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@DeliaChristina when the internet of things closes a door, you break a window

[davatron5000@mastodon.social]

@zachleat I like my appliances like I like my dogs; dumb as hell.

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@davatron5000 my smart dog just pooped in the living room and the roomba smeared it all over and now I’m getting carpet cleaning advertisements on google

[eaton@phire.place]

@zachleat Yeaaah. Like… I love home automation when it's like, ‘turn my xmas lights on and off for me," because the failure state is… I have to turn on my xmas lights manually. Not “I am stuck outside my own door in the cold and I can't reach tech support as the sun goes down and the ice weasels come”

[zachleat@fediverse.zachleat.com]

@eaton the ice weasels are nothing if not terrifyingly consistent