Circa 2015 or so, it seemed like you couldn’t move a finger without being bombarded with ads and articles about ‘smart homes’ and the ‘internet of things’ — all …
Because of the same reason AI will fail miserably. The big companies want to sell us products that only work on their “ecosystem”… IE they want us to rent rather than own, but without saying it out in the clear.
You “own” you lock, but keep paying for their convenient app so they can tell home depot when your period starts, when you wakeup, how hot you like your house, how brown your skin color is etc. Beg them to let you out or into your home with the simple press of a button on “your” phone that you “own”
Instead they should have encouraged Linux podman or docker container selfhostable server apps. But nah!
It isn’t just the anti-competitive walled gardens they all create. It’s also that our governments have completely abandoned their purpose and any semblance of opposition to corporate criminals.
They’re all free to plan obsolescence, bait and switch, enshittify, stop updating everything, or simply kill all software, firmware, and services at will for any reason. There are dozens of things that could have been done to prevent all their crimes… but again… we love in capitalist dictatorships that only exist to empower and protect capital.
Because of the same reason AI will fail miserably. The big companies want to sell us products that only work on their “ecosystem”… IE they want us to rent rather than own, but without saying it out in the clear.
You “own” you lock, but keep paying for their convenient app so they can tell home depot when your period starts, when you wakeup, how hot you like your house, how brown your skin color is etc. Beg them to let you out or into your home with the simple press of a button on “your” phone that you “own”
Instead they should have encouraged Linux podman or docker container selfhostable server apps. But nah!
It isn’t just the anti-competitive walled gardens they all create. It’s also that our governments have completely abandoned their purpose and any semblance of opposition to corporate criminals.
They’re all free to plan obsolescence, bait and switch, enshittify, stop updating everything, or simply kill all software, firmware, and services at will for any reason. There are dozens of things that could have been done to prevent all their crimes… but again… we love in capitalist dictatorships that only exist to empower and protect capital.