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The assumption of enshitification it that is receives updates. What you and a few others aren't understanding is that these don't need updates. These aren't Alexa or Google devices. They just get setup and passively work

Now, will they eventually build devices that don't work like that? Maybe.

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The enshitification I mean, applies to the new models. Once the current device dies, you need to replace it.

And in the future, the offline devices might be no longer available, because they stopped being produced. And only new shittier ones are for sale.

A lot of companies have invested a lot into matter and thread. I’d be surprised if companies started requiring a call home to work. It doesn’t make sense to need that, since a thread network is, in a sense, offline by nature. Only the hub has access to the internet and it doesn’t require access to work, so having a device require a call home wouldn’t really make sense.

I get that enshittification is a real thing but I’d be surprised if it affected smart home devices in the way you are describing.

Oh you're talking about a pretend device that this person with replace due to the pretend problem with their current device.

So what's your solution to this problem?

i dont really understand the point. am i never going to buy any tech ever again, because most things tend toward enshitification?

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