The problem isn't necessarily smart toilets. The problem is companies attempting to have complete control over the product and ensuring that their products do not function without dependency on their infrastructure.

There is no functional reason to have a toilet connect to an outside server. There are no functional reasons to have many of these smart devices require outside dependencies. But their profits and their subscription models definitely benefit from being able to remotely disable features.

Technology is garbage not because we've gone too far with Technology. Technology is garbage because of capitalism.

[–] OccultIconoclast@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

There is no functional reason to have a toilet connect to an outside server

So that all the toilets you poop in can share data on your poops and get a complete picture of your bowel health.

[–] bane_killgrind@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 day ago

Correlates poops to your Uber eats from chipotle, serves you up Pepto ads preemptively.

[–] VerbFlow@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

"Being unable to take a shit is a small price to pay for the almighty poop-scanner"

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Sounds like an anxiety inducing app. And I thought sleep tracking was anxiety inducing. Imagine getting a notification that you might have ass cancer.