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Coffee machine uses 1,000GB of traffic in 10 days, leaves IT Pro shocked (cybernews.com)
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[–] 19 points 4 days ago (5 children)

This reminds me the tue smart tea kettle that required an always online connection to function, and became completely useless when the servers shut down.

Yes, it was a kettle. Yes, like the one you use for boiling water.

It had settings for certain types of tea that it didn't have on-device. And it didn't have a basic "just boil the water" function.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    Sounds like a Juicero.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

    Oh gods, the Juicero. Yeah, it's of the same ilk. The "smart" trend of adding computers and network connections to things that literally never needed them.

    Like the smart water bottle that reminded you about being thirsty and needing to drink.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

    IIRC the excuse for Juicero having internet access was to read QR codes on the fruit pouches that included the expiration date, and it would refuse to squeeze expired fruit. Because at it's heart, it was a screw press. A severely over-engineered screw press. Like Jurassic Park, they spared no expense.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (1 child)

    Wasn't the Juicero also simply not strong enough to press actual fruit, so the bags were just... Bags of fruit juice? I remember seeing people buy one and just poking a hole for a straw like those lunch juice pockets.

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