Totally agree, and I urge people to just say NO to such devices, if we can get enough people to do so, perhaps it will force manufacturers to go back to devices we control... (and that don't add the phone when not needed...)
My pet peeve, also bed related. I've been sleeping on a Select Comfort mattress for years, and really like it. It has a corded control - always within reach, always charged, can't get lost, reliable, etc. But the mattress is definitely showing it's age, and I'd love to replace it... But Select Comfort no longer offers anything but mattresses controlled by a zombie-phone app, complete w/ surveillance, and a monthly fee... Why I need to clutter a phone with an app to remotely control a device that I'd only ever want to adjust when in it I've yet to figure out. I went into the store and confirmed this, my response was to tell them that I hoped they found a good 'comfort number' when they forcibly put their app controlled mattress in a place that doesn't get any sunshine... ART ------------------ Arthur Torrey - <[email protected]> ------------------- > On 10/28/2025 15:59 GMT [email protected] wrote: <snip> > 1. AWS outage affects high-end smart beds (Akira Urushibata) > 2. Re: Librephone for older hardware? (was Re: October 14 is > International (Akira Urushibata) > 3. Re: AWS outage affects high-end smart beds (Romeo) > 4. Re: AWS outage affects high-end smart beds (Lars Noodén) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 08:56:41 +0900 (JST) > From: Akira Urushibata <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: AWS outage affects high-end smart beds > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > More and more of our home appliances are equipped with "smart" features. > Some connect to cloud servers, which looks like a bad idea considering > the risk of server-side failure. > > There are other risks, of course. > > --- > > AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright > https://www.dexerto.com/entertainment/aws-crash-causes-2000-smart-beds-to-overheat-and-get-stuck-upright-3272251/ > > A major Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage on October 20 had the > unexpected side effect of causing chaos in bedrooms across the US, as > owners of Eight Sleep's $2,000+ `Pod' mattress covers found their > smart beds had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures > and odd positions in the night. <snip> _______________________________________________ libreplanet-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
