vegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSmart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion apparstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkSmart sous vide cooker to start charging $2/month for 10-year-old companion apparstechnica.comvegeta@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square__init__@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago I will (and have been) doing my absolute to avoid buying any kind of physical device that requires an app to function Same. It’s becoming more difficult every day.
minus-squareFMEEE@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoAnd that’s so sad. There are a lot of (mainly Elderly people) who don’t even have a smartphone who now often can’t use the most basic stuff necessary because it needs an app.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 months agoA lot of this stuff is only useful if you have money, anyway. And poverty rates among the elderly have been climbing since the Housing Crash of '08
Same. It’s becoming more difficult every day.
And that’s so sad. There are a lot of (mainly Elderly people) who don’t even have a smartphone who now often can’t use the most basic stuff necessary because it needs an app.
A lot of this stuff is only useful if you have money, anyway. And poverty rates among the elderly have been climbing since the Housing Crash of '08