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submitted 1 month ago by Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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I've gotta rewatch that Guy Pearce Time Machine movie now

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[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 92 points 1 month ago (18 children)

I remember buying a Meater thermometer. I thought it was so cool to be able to monitor your cooking temperature from my phone.

But then I learned two things:

your phone needs to be within Bluetooth range of the thermometer
your phone must send the data to their cloud, only then for you to go to their app to read the data

There is no way for you to read the data locally.

I sold it and replaced it with a fully local thermometer that works without Bluetooth. Sure it can't show it on my phone but damn if I am going to let a company chain me to their data center just so I can read a fucking thermometer.

[–] dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 month ago (4 children)

If you have to be in Bluetooth range, why the fuck does it need to talk to a cloud service?

[–] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

That's what I said!!!

The device was less than useless without Internet access.

Tbh I probably should have done more research before buying it.

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