[conspire] Flashing twelves

[Les Faby]

Re: microwave interface
Basic buttons should be physical and therefore a simplified interface. Non
everyday functions should be via smartphone. Use Bluetooth or USB or NFC to
connect. Short range, not on Internet.

On Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 8:16 AM Don Marti <dmarti at zgp.org> wrote:

> On 3/14/24 02:53, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
> > On 3/14/24 6:20 AM, Les Faby wrote:
> >> The cheapest interface is the owner's smart phone running a simple
> >> app. You have got a bigger touch screen, etc
> > Many times you end up with fancy products connected to the net,
> > controlled by a smartphone that are still a PITA to use and companies
> > that drop support.
>
> In a lot of cases the product you buy ends up not being the product you
> end up getting to use.
>
> The company behind the Instant Pot is in trouble probably because they
> were purchased by a private equity fund with the expectation of being
> able to churn the installed base...but most of the existing Instant Pots
> are the pre-app version that can't be remotely made less useful in order
> to drive sales of a replacement.
>
>
> https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/instant-pot-bankrupt-private-equity/674414/
>
> Every once in a while, what's normally a rugpull economy ends up
> generating excess consumer surplus (microcomputers, flat-rate home
> Internet, original Instant Pots) and has to do a bunch of "innovation"
> to try to claw it back.
>
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