What are the worst tech purchases you or your family have ever made?

I watched a video recently and wanted to know what other have bought over the years.

  • dance_ninja@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    My old Wemo smart plugs. Constantly lost connection and the app was so useless for resolving issues.

    When they announced they were stopping support this year, I was wondering what they considered support beforehand. Also, there’s a class action lawsuit because of that.

    • treadful@lemmy.zip
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      3 hours ago

      You might be interested in pywemo. Bring new life to those things instead of just tossing them in a landfill. They also work with Home Assistant.

      I had some connection issues when switching out my AP (had to factory reset), but otherwise they’ve been mostly solid.