smart functionality should be in addition to regular functionality, never instead of
everything should work “normally” if the smart functionality is not available for any reason
no effing vendor portals, no effing ads, no effing data collection
smart functionality should be accessible locally to my house ONLY
As an example, a smart light switch should be a light switch that everyone is familiar with and works as they expect to turn on and off the light. in addition I might make it accessible on my local network to voice assistant, turn it on or off by schedule or when I arrive at home ir enter the room
Well that’s a new nightmare fuel for me. Glitchy mattresses.
I feel like I’m pretty tech-savvy… which is why I don’t want software in anything where plain old physics will do the job. Software breaks.
As a software engineer, my variation on this is
As an example, a smart light switch should be a light switch that everyone is familiar with and works as they expect to turn on and off the light. in addition I might make it accessible on my local network to voice assistant, turn it on or off by schedule or when I arrive at home ir enter the room
I see, we understand each other