• @Kuma
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    I laughed a lot when I saw this and I sent it to my parent who laughed too. This is my parents house right now. They want buttons for their lamps but they were forced to get an app for most of them and had to fight the company to put in buttons. They also got a ventilation system without buttons and they could not get buttons except if they payed for a very expensive hub, so they went for the app. But only one person can be connected at a time and you have to unpair before someone else can pair, so the app act as if it is the hub… it is very strange

    • @[email protected]
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      117 minutes ago

      Set up Home Assistant on a Pi or something for them. It can likely control everything from a central app

  • @[email protected]
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    77 hours ago

    Funnily enough, my toilet has it’s own app.(“Japanese style” shower toilet by a German company)

    It’s non-cloud, Bluetooth only, all functions work without it,but it tells you when preventative maintenance is due and enables you to configure the user profiles easier.

    So there’s that.

    Wouldn’t have bought it otherwise.

  • HiramFromTheChi
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    Not just download the app, but sign up for an account (and the newsletter in the process).

    Then grant permissions to your phone:

    • camera (so it can watch you poop and train + analyze the footage with AI)
    • microphone (so it can hear and analyze if your plops are optimal)
    • contacts (to send out an invitation to all your contacts, along with a clip of your last poop sesh)
    • photos and videos (to upload, store, and analyze your life since birth, along with everyone else who’s in your pictures)
    • sensors (to see how you’re holding the phone, when, how much, how hard, etc.)
    • notifications (to sell you the premium plan)
    • location (for pinpoint accuracy of your 💩 locations)
    • call logs (to see who you’re communicating with before, during, and after you drop your log)
    • nearby devices (for accuracy and to silently communicate with nearby devices)
    • calendar (for full history and to schedule your next mondo duke)
    • @Wogi
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      Don’t forget all the health and biometric data, last used app, and Facebook access

  • moosetwin
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    39 hours ago

    yeah I have the toilet from this photograph, it’s really frustrating. good post OP, it’s definitely relevant to the community

  • @Randelung
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    1114 hours ago

    Free trial exhausted. Subscribe now to keep using server infrastructure. After all, all you bought was the toilet, you can’t expect the server space for free.

  • @Draghetta
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    Funny how this is supposed to be absurd - upside down duck, cake, “bizarro” and all - but it’s actually pretty accurate. So many products out there that require you to download their shitty spyware in order to do the things they are supposed to do.

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        Yep. Until you can’t find non-garbage products anymore because 95% of everyone else is dumb enough to fall for it.

        I think there’s a reasonable case to be made against buyer beware here, we need to ban this shit.

        • @InternetCitizen2
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          37 hours ago

          I was just making this point with a laissez faire capitalism coworker. Bro just cannot understand the invisible hand is very often wrong.

        • @[email protected]
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          28 hours ago

          For example, try buying a television in a retail store that doesn’t have “smart” features at all, just inputs, outputs, and a digital tuner.

    • @[email protected]
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      Shares with all of your contacts by default. Also includes a sales pitch to each of them to sign up as well

    • @pikmeir
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      Until the company shuts down its servers and your toilet stops working.

      • @[email protected]
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        210 hours ago

        And it goes down mid-use, and the toilet has tamper-proofing that stops you from emptying it any other way “for security”.

        • Jones
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          And then you “unfortunately” have to buy the newer version for just a couple of bucks more

          • @pikmeir
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            23 hours ago

            Unrecognized toilet paper roll detected. Please make sure to only use authentic rolls.

      • odd
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        And that’d be “only” a toilet. People out there euphorically buying cars like that.

    • @pdxfed
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      318 hours ago

      For the basic plan, based on usage though it looks like you’d save more with our premium tier that allows unlimited flushes per day and includes our smellfesh scent subscription.

  • @[email protected]
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    2419 hours ago

    But don’t you see the benefit - the data on your flushes helps our Trusted FlushMe Partners ® provide more relevant service to you, and also helps us partially offset the cost of our running our flush servers, allowing us to provide service to you for only $29.99 monthly††!

    †: All FlushMe partners have undergone creditworthiness checks. ††: Limited time one month introductory offer. FlushMe may, but is not required to, provide you with a personalised monthly price for renewal of the service.

  • @phoneymouse
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    The Japanese have already perfected smart toilets. There is no app, but there are loads of buttons, including for a heated seat and some music or ambient sounds to help you relax and disguise unpleasant noises.

    • @captainlezbian
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      The disparity in toilets in that country is insane. You have ones with full remote controls on the seat in some places then others that are squat holes that flush

    • Theo
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      419 hours ago

      What about a little fountain spritz of lit up water like in that one Simpsons episode?

      • @[email protected]
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        Those would be clogged up in a few days. And I’m not even talking about shit, but limescale buildup. We have super hard water here.

  • @OrganicMustard
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    It tracks the quality of your shits, draws a graph of the daily amount that you can share on social media and recommends a list of sponsored foods depending on your needs.

    • @DrownedRats
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      414 hours ago

      You jest but that’s literally already a thing that exists and you can buy it!

    • @[email protected]
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      314 hours ago

      I know you’re joking but a toilet that analyzes your stool would be quite remarkable health monitoring device to go along with our smartwatches and stuff. I bet there’s loads of health markers you could see from it.

      • @halfatank
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        314 hours ago

        Unremarkable shits. Your insurance claim has been denied

  • Theo
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    2320 hours ago

    “FlushMe: Have You Shat Today!?”

    • @[email protected]
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      1019 hours ago

      Don’t worry. I’m on a streak. If I keep it going for 30 days I will unlock the flushing feature without having to pay for premium.

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    Android has this feature of “Work Profile” that allows you to put these shitty apps in a separate profile so they can’t accept any of your data. I mean it’d be better if we don’t have distopian apps to begin with, but here we are…

    (I used an app called “Shelter” that sets up a “work profile” and put apps in there and the apps can’t access my photos contacts, or anything basically)

    • NaibofTabr
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      There’s also Insular which lets you clone apps and run them in an isolated sandbox. It’s open source and available in F-Droid.

      • @[email protected]
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        011 hours ago

        Correct! I use it whenever I am forced to install some apps. I always loved the android architechture