1. Invent incredibly dumb device.
2. Brand it as “Smart” to lean into Dunning-Kruger effect sales.
3. Profit!!

Extremely destructive to the future of the company, you say? Go on…?

We’ve been having short power cuts lately (rural area, windy!) and now it’s starting to look like my Dell Optiplex sMaRt RaDiAtOr 50w homelab/studio/shed heater could do with a UPS to protect against data loss! Though it does have btrfs raid1 which is pretty handy for a radiator RAID1ator!

They’re heating the room too so technically it’s a radiator with network attached storage!

Windows: creates e-waste

Linux: collects e-waste under the stairs “just in case it’s useful”