Far more than c/mildlyinfuriating

    • SGforce@lemmy.ca
      42·
      2 months ago

      Only for a year or so. Then you’ll need premium+ to skip ads. The free tier is also downgraded to 1 flush per day.

      • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        2 months ago

        Worse: the company decides to cancel the service and no longer support these toilets. You have to purchase a new toilet to continue service.

        • radix@lemmy.worldEnglish
          17·
          2 months ago

          But the existing mounting hardware is proprietary, so in addition to a new toilet, you also need to replace half your plumbing.

    • slaacaa@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      And you fecal data is shared with health insurance companies, so you can get personalized price hikes recommendations

    • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      2 months ago

      You gotta give it biometrics. For your fingerprint, WHAT IF SOMBODY BROKE INTO YOUR HOUSE AND SHAT ON YOUR TOILET!!! We need to verify its you! see there keeping you safe from those shitty bastards!! So just uhh give us all permissions

      If your wondering there will be a preroll ad for the app and every 20minutes it will turn off your lights to your bathroom. And prompt you on your cellular device “are you still shitting?” And recommend poo docters in your local area using target ads

      • Funwayguy@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        I wish I was kidding when I say there exist asshole recognition tech already. They’ll just attach that to your advertiser ID so their worldwide network of ‘smart toilets’ can deliver targeted ads to every stall and urinal you visit.

      • Samsy@lemmy.ml
        1·
        2 months ago

        So, if I let a guest shat on my toilet, I have to join and gave my fingerprint permission to flush their shit? Nice.

        If an ad starts, the ultimate arkward silence will be better. “Oh look it’s an ad for Iron-meds, your shit looks like you need them.”

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      2 months ago

      And when the company starts struggling, they’ll start charging or requiring you to watch an ad to flush.

      Before they go out of business and brick your toilet.

  • GreenKnight23@lemmy.world
    31·
    2 months ago

    you jest but I recently bought a stove that breaks some UX functions unless you use their fucking app.

    I refuse to. fuck em. it does 100% of what I need but that extra 15% would have made it the best ever.

    now it gets 2 stars and a bad review for paywalled features.

  • ch00f@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 months ago

    And when the company stops wanting to pay the webservice hosting costs, you have to pay the plumber to come back and throw your useless toilet in the trash.

    Worked for a company that made a kitchen appliance that had zero buttons. Needed an app. If you unplugged it without shutting it down in the app, it’d send you an alert notification. The app took at least three taps to fucking turn it off.

    And the company was paying something like $1MM/yr to AWS to keep this thing running.

  • Godnroc@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Fun tip, you can dump a bucket of water to flush the toilet. Useful if you’re ever working on your water supply after taco night.

  • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
    14·
    2 months ago

    I now only buy offline or local-only software and products. If it doesn’t exist, I hack it.

  • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    7·
    2 months ago

    Ok but like today I literally discovered someone HACKED THEIR TOOTHBRUSH TO BE A RICKROLL
    Technology has gone too far.

  • nek0d3r@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    My last ISP demanded I use an Eero router that had no web interface, it was only accesible via an app.