<div dir="auto">Re: microwave interface<div dir="auto">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.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 14, 2024, 8:16 AM Don Marti <<a href="mailto:dmarti@zgp.org">dmarti@zgp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 3/14/24 02:53, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:<br>
> On 3/14/24 6:20 AM, Les Faby wrote:<br>
>> The cheapest interface is the owner's smart phone running a simple <br>
>> app. You have got a bigger touch screen, etc<br>
> Many times you end up with fancy products connected to the net, <br>
> controlled by a smartphone that are still a PITA to use and companies <br>
> that drop support.<br>
<br>
In a lot of cases the product you buy ends up not being the product you <br>
end up getting to use.<br>
<br>
The company behind the Instant Pot is in trouble probably because they <br>
were purchased by a private equity fund with the expectation of being <br>
able to churn the installed base...but most of the existing Instant Pots <br>
are the pre-app version that can't be remotely made less useful in order <br>
to drive sales of a replacement.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/instant-pot-bankrupt-private-equity/674414/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/06/instant-pot-bankrupt-private-equity/674414/</a><br>
<br>
Every once in a while, what's normally a rugpull economy ends up <br>
generating excess consumer surplus (microcomputers, flat-rate home <br>
Internet, original Instant Pots) and has to do a bunch of "innovation" <br>
to try to claw it back.<br>
<br>
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