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.
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.