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  • njordomir@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Perhaps they’ll be talking via a giant mesh of your neighbors doorbells, fridges, and televisions. Wouldn’t that be fucked up? Maybe they’ll stream to the police drones patrolling your neighborhood.

    I always wondered how an “ad-supported” Kindle would show new ads on the home screen if you only transfer books via USB and never connect via WiFi or wireless? Does it just reuse the old ads? How will the fridge do it?

    • krooklochurm@lemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      This is where it’s going, I think.

      You’ll need to use wifi if you want any online functionality out of the device but it’ll communicate on its own via cellular for ads and any metrics literally whoever the fuck wants.

      As long as a business is able to make more from ads and selling your data than whatever the wireless fees they pay are it makes business sense. It’s fucking evil and a dystopian nightmare but it makes business sense.