@eff @arstechnica “Smart” everything seems to be how it’s going. When we did a home reno recently, we went out of our way buy appliances we liked but that weren’t made to connect to the internet.* Had we needed to settle on any, we simply wouldn’t have connected them to our router.

*This included a “smart” dishwasher. How we ever survived for decades with dishwashing technology that wouldn’t ping your phone with a text that the cycle is done, or whatever, I’ll never know. 🙄