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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink9•3 days agoI don’t want a “smart” coffee maker. A coffee maker’s job is to heat water and push it through a filter holding coffee.
minus-squareALQlink6•3 days agoA smart coffee maker is the person who makes sure I get to drink coffee. It’s me. I’m the smart coffee maker. Yeah, they can keep their data-harvesting stuff to themselves; no thanks.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•3 days agoA smart coffee maker is the history PhD working as a barista.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•3 days agoHell, my Espresso machine has minimal electronics (techically the LED indicators are electronic, as is the thermister that controls heating). Nothing else.
I don’t want a “smart” coffee maker.
A coffee maker’s job is to heat water and push it through a filter holding coffee.
A smart coffee maker is the person who makes sure I get to drink coffee. It’s me. I’m the smart coffee maker.
Yeah, they can keep their data-harvesting stuff to themselves; no thanks.
A smart coffee maker is the history PhD working as a barista.
Hell, my Espresso machine has minimal electronics (techically the LED indicators are electronic, as is the thermister that controls heating). Nothing else.
My espresso maker: