I've gotta rewatch that Guy Pearce Time Machine movie now
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2025
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I remember buying a Meater thermometer. I thought it was so cool to be able to monitor your cooking temperature from my phone.
But then I learned two things:
There is no way for you to read the data locally.
I sold it and replaced it with a fully local thermometer that works without Bluetooth. Sure it can't show it on my phone but damn if I am going to let a company chain me to their data center just so I can read a fucking thermometer.
There really needs to be a directory of "not so smart" devices. Like one that's still readable via bluetooth, but not requiring an account for data harvesting.
There's so fucking much potential in modern tech that is being squandered by every fucking company trying to be their own walled garden data brokers. And the results of all that data collection are abysmal! When's the last time most of us have seen an ad that legitimately informed us of something we didn't know existed but ended up wanting?
The productivity and quality of life lost because everything doesn't just have an open/publicly documented interoperable API is immeasurable.
Dude this is like my core ethos. It irritates the shit out of me. Like you said, just endless squandered potential for fucking what? So dumb. Not to mention all the energy waste throwing around all that data and endlessly recording and storing it.