[rchaud]

All those articles about "digitizing commerce" are pushed by parties (fintech startups, banks, you name it) that have a vested interest in getting between you and the vendor.

That said, I won't be surprised if a growth sector of tomorrow's job market is in literally digitizing what didn't need to be digitized, so that Big Tech has an even bigger data pie to gorge upon.

[bobthepanda]

This has already started happening judged by the proliferation of unnecessary IoT like kitchen appliances or your washer/dryer.

[berbec]

A million times yes. I'm just waiting for the next idiotic thing to put on the internet? Light switch? OK, fine. Light bulb? Uhh...... Microwave? Huh?! Fridge? Wtf. How about iot Rice cooker! Bread maker! Shower faucet! (toc apply that zuck up all your data)

[mcguire]

https://www.moen.com/whats-new/innovation/u

[berbec]

That's it. Life on this planet is obviously doomed, as evidenced by this fourth horseman here. Nothing to due but start over with a new evolutionary tract in another solar system. I hear good things about silicon-based life on Betelgeuse V.