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What device never needed a 'Smart' version? (piefed.social)

submitted 4 days ago by Pyrixas@piefed.social to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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Watches

I never saw the point of them. I don't see the problem with analog or digital watches. Everything is regressed to a tiny square of a screen, that you barely look at. I just find it as an unnecessary distraction.

Light Bulbs

I work in retail and I stock these things all of the time. We have light bulbs, that are smart now because why? They're stuffed with wireless functionality, just so you can simply change a color or maybe dim it through phone. More unnecessary apps, more unnecessary functions just for cheap attraction.

Kitchen Appliances

I'm bundling them all here.

There is nothing you're gaining an advantage of, when slapping a screen on any appliance and relying on some unsupported app on your phone for basic functions.

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[–] djdarren@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

As someone with ADHD, I 100% agree about the watches.

Personally, I have an old Garmin and literally all I use it for is; telling the time; alarms; notifications of messages (Signal, WhatsApp, SMS, and that's it) and calls; and counting my daily steps. That's it. And that's all I need it to do.

If I had to take my phone out every time it buzzed with a notification, I'd lose at least 15 minutes to scrolling. Instead my watch buzzes, I see who the message is from, and then either take my phone out and reply/answer, or ignore it to look at later.

I've had an iPhone and Apple Watch in the past, and was never really able to work out much of a use-case scenario for spending that kind of money on one, but to each their own, I guess.