It would be interesting to have a word for devices that is sort of like 'organic' for food.
It would indicate that the device is self-contained and has no connectivity.
It would indicate that the device is self-contained and has no connectivity.
I see some suggesting "no connectivity" but that would just sound like a negative thing. Typically you list features, not things it doesn't have. Sure, if you pause to think about it, we (on HN) would all figure out the benefit. But many people might not pause nor figure it out.
Independent also doesn't sound exactly right, but perhaps it's just that nobody ever used it to describe this before and I'd need to get used to it.
Edit: "Dependency-free" is not as common a word and means the same thing. That might be a little better.
> It would indicate that the device is self-contained and has no connectivity.
"Well-designed"?
Very good one.
A good candidate would have been "smart", but unfortunately it is already taken to mean the opposite.
But I get your point. Now I would like to have some "smart" devices, though, so beyond your label for self-contained devices I kindly ask for a label for devices that stay on local network.
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[0] - industrial pesticides are better than "pesticides" that still let you claim the "organic" label.
But IMHO such devices aren't the problem. I can't think of many (any?) devices where I'd want an unconnected one and can't get it. The problem are connected devices that come with unexpected extra connections (networked camera that wants to talk to cloud service etc). Maybe "service-less" for that?