My smart water purifier unable to dispense drinking water because aws was down.

    by Lordwarrior_

    33 Comments

    1. This is why buying smart products because they’re cool is not always a great idea.

      You know what doesn’t care at all about AWS? Basically any other filtering

    2. TheDudeOntheCouch on

      Yeah well just wait in 10years it’ll stop working because you got a speeding ticket

    3. If you buy one of these types products, get it setup and working, then power your router off. Make sure it still works. If not, return it (or figure it out if you’re so inclined)

    4. There are many smart products use cloud/internet but do not depend on it to work. Whoever designed the software for this device is either a moron or simply put together open source code without understanding how any of it worked.

    5. Welcome to the future. All these products are great until we have a disruption in service then we wish we had more dumb appliances. Your car registration is past due, it is disabled. Your rent is late, your smart lock won’t open. Good times ahead.

    6. I started looking at new washer/dryers as ours are 20+ years old. Most of them have wi-fi & smart features. Why do I need to do laundry from my phone? How does that even work?

      I don’t want smart features on appliances. It’s ridiculous.

    7. AMonitorDarkly on

      That’s on you for buying a water dispenser that needs an internet connection to operate. What did you think was going to happen?

    8. I saw an article about a $2000 “Smart Bed” (whatever the fuck that is) that used AWS and people had their beds stuck in weird positions and the heaters in them were overheating because AWS was down and none of the controls worked.

      The future is stupid.

    9. That’s what you get for having the terrible device and supporting them. Now return it for a refund.

    10. this makes me think of the Mitch Hedberg joke, “An escalator can’t be broken, it can only temporarily become stairs. Sorry for the convenience.” RIP

    11. There’s a whole lot of devices that do not need to be “smart” and this is one of them.

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