“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers
arstechnica.com
Without updates or ability to download after August, app will become useless.

Just because the internet of things was two hype cycles ago doesn’t mean we can’t still dunk on it.

  • Paradox5240 [he/him,any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 months ago

    There certainly are very useful applications for IoT. For example, at my house it regulates heating. It probably saved like 30% on my heating, with the added bonus that every room is the exact temperature I want. Of course, this is all done locally on Home Assistant. If I can at all avoid it, I don’t want any IoT device that connects to someone else’s cloud.