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1. wyager+EN[view] [source] 2021-11-05 13:14:56
>>pabs3+(OP)
Some of the examples are questionable IMO.

Jawbone up - stopped working because the company went out of business. Technology you can’t actually control by yourself isn’t calm.

Roomba - phones home, requires an app for automatic functionality, automatic functionality stops working eventually if you take away its ability to phone home. Once again, a device that you don’t actually control isn’t calm.

As a corollary to this, any technology which requires an app to function isn’t calm.

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2. whywhy+eh1[view] [source] 2021-11-05 15:22:40
>>wyager+EN
Never had a Roomba but Botvac works without phoning home or connecting to a network.
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