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by techsupporter
3588 days ago
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> Why can't things be built to just use local TCP/IP connections? Those work just fine on my local network... Simplicity, possibly. Vendor lock-in, probably. I'm in the same boat. I wanted a weather station that didn't cost several hundred units of currency but also let me query it directly instead of having to hit Weather Underground or (FSM help us) a vendor's web site with no API. Only a handful of them do this so I wound up rigging up what I wanted using a Raspberry Pi, a USB-connected weather station, some extra sensors, and several lines of PHP. Why I'd want to subject my light bulbs or coffee pot to that is beyond me. |
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How can the smart-fridge company sell your eating habits if your fridge only tells you (and not them) how you're using it?