r/Millennials • u/A-Helpful-Flamingo Elder Millennial • 12d ago

Meme Nice to have common ground

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u/fieregon 12d ago

Is this an american thing? My tv, fridge or car doesnt require any of that.

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u/Forest_Orc 12d ago

There is a trend of internet of shit where you connect appliance to your home wifi. So instead of the old washing machine or oven that you start by turning a knob and plays a beep when done, you program it with a smartphone and it sends you a notification when done.

Doesn't feel like a useful feature

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u/Cromasters 12d ago

It's still very easy to get appliances that don't do any of that crap. I don't own any!

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u/Pearson94 Millennial 12d ago

For real, the only "smart" device I own is an electric kettle and I just chose to never connect it to the Internet. Works just fine without it and I'm not sure what features I'm missing because of it.

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u/Darkdragoon324 12d ago

Yeah, I don't see why a kettle would need that. I guess maybe so you can start it remotely and have the water ready to go for tea when you get home from work or something? But I wouldn't want anything boiling when I'm not there.

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u/Pearson94 Millennial 12d ago

Pretty much that. Pre-setting it to be ready for you. The thing is, I don't plan to have coffee and tea at the same time every day so I just use it manually

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u/Cromasters 12d ago

The only benefit I could see is being able to set it to start up when you wake up in the morning.

But coffee makers have been able to do that for years without needing to be connected to the Internet.

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u/dudestir127 1988 11d ago

My electric tea kettle has a switch, I flick it, and it flicks itself off after a minute or two once the water is heated up (I'm an American with one). Why would someone possibly need to connect it to wifi?

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u/Pearson94 Millennial 11d ago

You got me. I'm also American and the one thing I do like about this kettle is you can set the exact temperature to hear the water (former barista, tea fan, and coffee snob over here loves that feature).