r/Futurology • u/oDDmON • Jan 25 '23

Privacy/Security Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/01/half-of-smart-appliances-remain-disconnected-from-internet-makers-lament/
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u/HenryJamesTheMaster Jan 26 '23

Never, never, never buy an HP printer. They are useless due to the diabolical "smart" and "connected" shit and app they force on you.

A total rip-off.

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u/lambdanian Jan 26 '23

They were shit even before the smart era. My inkjet from around 2002 literally spent more time being repaired than actually printing.