Dan Gillmor@dangillmor@mastodon.social
Today's example of why buying a "smart" device is stupid: https://lifehacker.com/tech/will-your-smart-vacuum-work-after-being-discontinued
Dan Gillmor@dangillmor@mastodon.social
rag. Gustavino Bevilacqua@GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
@dangillmor@mastodon.social
Last year I went to buy a scooter and, even if my wife made Vespa assistance for 18+ years in the garage of her dad, I was oriented toward electric.
But the dealer asked me "What would happen to you if your scooter will freeze for an update while you're overpassing a truck?"
He told us that to sell trendy electric scooters would be easy money for him, but he'd feel like a hard drugs pusher selling them: soon or later someone will be killed by an overdose.