@DogMotif Yesterday I saw a wifi-enabled air purifier

Air purifiers are literally just a fan with a filter on the intake side. That's all air purifiers are.

WHY DOES THAT NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET.

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@mawr @DogMotif@snouts.online But Mawr, if it's not internet connected, how will the good marketing companies figure out exactly how you use the product so they can sell the data and microtarget you?

... which is a pretty compelling reason I will also hold out on dumb devices for as long as possible, sans my own tinkering with devices that I control.

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