credit to u/shittyretrocomps on reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/iiiiiiitttttttttttt/comments/1jyacoo/have_you_ever_tried_to_make_toast_but_your/
Also, read this: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/01/unauthorized-bread-a-near-future-tale-of-refugees-and-sinister-iot-appliances/
For those who do not know, YOU WILL. This is a spoof on the incredibly precient AT&T ad campaign from 1993 about the tech of the future.
The campaign had TV ads directed by David Fincher and narrated by Tom Sellick. https://youtu.be/TZb0avfQme8
I think you could make a lot of money selling authentic replicas of 1950-1970ās models of home appliances.
The kind of toasters and blenders you could drive nails with. āHeritageā items you could pass down to the grandkids when it was time for them to start college.
When I bought my house in ā21, I thought my dad was just being an old kook when he told me not to get rid of the fully functional Speed Queen washer and dryer. I wish Iād listenedā¦ some of the fancy mid/high-end appliances we bought broke irreparably just days after their warranties expired.
I live in an apartment building. They recently replaced all the old washers and driers with brand new models. There hasnāt been a full month where all the machines were working at the same time. I told the company that owns and services them that they should just get the repairman an apartment in the building.
Could be worse. Imagine not being able to turn on a light because of a software update. Man do I hate IoT.
Actually, my uncle had a story about smart lightbulbs,
Basically, his neighbour had a smart lightbulb, eventually, it broke, so he was going to throw it away, but he gave it to my uncle.
My uncle was able to take it apart, and get his wifi password off it because it was stored in plaintext on the device.
Unauthorized Bread by Cory Doctorow.
Itās a novella, the first in the collection of four published in the book Radicalized. Looks like you can buy the ebook and the audiobook straight from his website.
Edit: now I see that youāve already linked to it.
Reminder: five years ago, an update bricked some $350 Nike self-lacing shoes: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/02/my-left-shoe-wont-even-reboot-faulty-app-bricks-nike-smart-sneakers/
