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Visited a new build open house in Phoenix and their 'smart' kitchen felt like a bad idea
They had these fancy touch faucets and a fridge with a screen that needed an app to set the temperature. I asked the builder what happens when the company stops updating the app in 5 years, and he just shrugged. It seems like a lot of these high-tech DIY upgrades are setting people up for expensive paperweights. Has anyone had to fix or replace a 'smart' appliance that became dumb because the tech got old?
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wyatt98013d ago
Totally feel you on this. My parents have a smart oven that just stopped connecting one day, and now they can't use half the features they paid for. It's so frustrating to see a perfectly good appliance become useless because of some software issue. I'm starting to think basic and reliable is the way smarter choice these days.
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ray_patel2712d ago
Wait, can't they still use the oven manually? The smart part broke, but the oven itself should still work for basic baking, right?
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