• kent_eh@lemmy.ca
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    20 hours ago

    these “smart” appliances are all addressing things radically important for households

    Are they, though?

    Most of these “smart” functions are at best a slight convenience. And a lot of the “smart” functions in most of them don’t really add anything useful to the user experience.

    • vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org
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      19 hours ago

      Yes, they are, it’s very convenient to have the same thing boil the water and make tea for you, or do the laundry and dry it, or do the floor and the windows when you can be busy with something else, same with cooking. Especially remote-controlled when you are an hour away. And it’s not a slight convenience, it’s life-changing like remote work.

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        17 hours ago

        So what are you cooking an hour away. Only thing I can think of is you have something in a device and you turn it on. Don’t think we are at the remote cooking phase yet.

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          1 hour ago

          Well, suppose it’s some stew on low fire, with some meat, lots of cabbage and potatoes, some beans … Takes time to do right.

          Yes, except I meant leaving and turning it off.