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FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
A big problem is things tied unnecessarily to an internet service. We need to educate people that there may be alternatives and we need our purchasing decisions to support that. For example, most home automation stuff should NOT require or use any internet.
The article calls it “software tethering”. If any support commitments encourage manufacturers to stop that, we’ll all be better off. Let’s start with requiring users be clearly notified of software tethering, so they know what they’re buying
For real, 90% of AI is off-device on phones, and that is bullshit.