Rossman is an interesting guy, mostly an Apple repair and right-to-repair guy.
" Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak endorsed Rossmann's right-to-repair efforts and called for open sourcing in a Cameo video requested by Rossmann. Wozniak spoke about how electronic devices used to come with schematics, allowing anyone with the expertise to repair, if not improve, their devices, and credited this openness for the success of the Apple II"
NVEnergy in constantly trying to give us smart thermostats. Uh, no thanks.
My refrigerator doesn’t need to spend time on the web.
My toaster, though, likes to lurk on FreeRepublic.
One of my fridges connects to the internet. How often do I need to adjust the temperature from my phone? Never.
We bought a new washer and dryer a few years ago. One of the options is connect them to our Wi-Fi (which we don’t have any more - all hard wired in our house). WTH? I know when the dryer is done because I can hear it stop. I don’t need to get a text.