With wifi-enabled, voice-activated appliances too clever by half, analog, app-free abodes are suddenly tempting A-list L.A. buyers. Welcome to the new “Dumb House.”
It’s a good conversation topic for the one time your buddies haven’t seen your parlor trick. Just think: if my parents come over to my smarthome, they’re not gonna be able to turn on the lights because I’ve moved on to voice commands now. It sucks.
Can’t wait for google/ Amazon to declare no more software updates and obsolescence for my installed devices. Rich or not, its a pain to deal with.
And entirely predictable. After so many fiascos, I really don’t understand why anybody still buys this stuff.
It’s a good conversation topic for the one time your buddies haven’t seen your parlor trick. Just think: if my parents come over to my smarthome, they’re not gonna be able to turn on the lights because I’ve moved on to voice commands now. It sucks.