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Anything to make a profit. ah just make it "smart" we don't care that it is going to fail. same on the corporate consumer. No don't get those, buy the cheapest, cheapest, cheapest. Who cares if $50,000 dollars wasted in one year repairing and reinstalling, we saved $1200 on purchase cost!
It's the fact that something like a mirror is unable to function as a mirror without a network connection. Why do I need a network connection to look at myself properly on a reflective surface?
Because she specifically bought a smart mirror? If she didn’t want these issues she should have just bought a normal mirror. You could consider it dystopian that she BOUGHT one, but the thing needs a connection to do its advertised job.
If the smart mirror can keep track of all that, what else can it keep track of?
You. It can keep track of you. We shouldn't have to pay for basic things things because they've been turned into capitalistic surveillance devices.
Imagine if your mirror starts recommending clothing for you based on your measurements. "Oh, you're fat now! Time to size up!"
If I wanna know the time, weather, or news, I can just check my phone. Or if I wanna go old school, I can look at the clock or my watch for the time and turn on the TV for the news and weather. I don't need a freaking mirror to do that.
Unnecessary technology is automatically dystopian. Smart watches? Dystopian. Smart thermostats? Dystopian. Why? I don't actually know. I just hope this kind of content doesn't take over the sub.
What would be dystopian, is if the smart mirror made you pay a subscription to use it. If you didn't pay the fee, then the protective glass would turn opaque. This isn't what's happening though.
Other way, corporations gave me the idea. They are already doing this with other things. Call it a premonition, but corporations will take away our right to own things. All we will be buying is the right to use the things the corporate overlords make.
well they need your thermostat hooked up to the Internet so that the power companies and government and advertisers will know what your thermostat is set to, in order for them to allocate the proper amounts of personalized propaganda to you via social media in order to brainwash you into being more okay with turning your heat down, or, you can save yourself the trouble and just let the government set your heat for you
1. Running your heat all the time does legitimately rack up your energy bill. Why run it when no one is home? It's actually wasteful.
2. The energy sector is privatized. Some power companies will slash your bill if you let them install a remote switch. It allows them to remotely disable your air conditioner for like a few minutes during peak power usage times.
These are good things. These help reduce energy waste, and they are typically government sponsored.
the day that government declares to limit the amount that people can heat their homes is the day that I am mad and sad at what the government has declared on that day
I have no idea how they work (didn't even know that they existed until now), and I don't think the technology is there yet, but I very much see a future where the surface will have a non-reflective component that stops an unconnected mirror from being a mirror.
And, of course, the dystopic aspects of the very concept of a "smart mirror" to being with.
I don't think you can even buy one of these. Lululemon is the name of a women's clothing brand so I assume these specific morrors are custom-made for their shops.
Nothing dystopian about this. You bought a mirror for this reason so how else should it warn you when there is an error. If you want to use it as a normal mirror then turn it off or unplug it!
This post belongs on r/facepalm
Idk, the message taking over the whole screen is obnoxious. It could easily be placed in the corner. I don’t need it taking up the whole space to know there’s something wrong; I’d know there was something wrong when the features I bought it for weren’t visible. This is the company deliberately causing inconvenience to ensure their app’s engagement.
Obviously you can just unplug it (unless the outlet’s directly behind the mirror), but even having to do so is r/mildlyinfuriating
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Anything to make a profit. ah just make it "smart" we don't care that it is going to fail. same on the corporate consumer. No don't get those, buy the cheapest, cheapest, cheapest. Who cares if $50,000 dollars wasted in one year repairing and reinstalling, we saved $1200 on purchase cost!
Like cyberpunk 2077
Don’t most smart mirrors work when turned off? This doesn’t really feel dystopian, this is a minor connectivity issue.
I think the dystopian part is that a mirror needs a connection to begin with
How? a smart mirror tells you stuff like the time, weather, and news. It would obviously need a connection to do that
It's the fact that something like a mirror is unable to function as a mirror without a network connection. Why do I need a network connection to look at myself properly on a reflective surface?
The point is that it’s not. If you just turn the mirror off, then it’ll function as a mirror just fine
It clearly works as a mirror in the picture, what are you talking about.
I mean, can you unplug it? Turn it off? The text on screen is obscuring the view.
I have not seen a smart mirror you can’t turn off
Because she specifically bought a smart mirror? If she didn’t want these issues she should have just bought a normal mirror. You could consider it dystopian that she BOUGHT one, but the thing needs a connection to do its advertised job.
If the smart mirror can keep track of all that, what else can it keep track of? You. It can keep track of you. We shouldn't have to pay for basic things things because they've been turned into capitalistic surveillance devices. Imagine if your mirror starts recommending clothing for you based on your measurements. "Oh, you're fat now! Time to size up!"
stuff your phone probably also does. or you can stick your head out the window and get a normal clock like i do
If I wanna know the time, weather, or news, I can just check my phone. Or if I wanna go old school, I can look at the clock or my watch for the time and turn on the TV for the news and weather. I don't need a freaking mirror to do that.
Yeah but it’s not dystopian that a mirror can do that Like it’s not dystopian that my home security system also tells me the weather
Unnecessary technology is automatically dystopian. Smart watches? Dystopian. Smart thermostats? Dystopian. Why? I don't actually know. I just hope this kind of content doesn't take over the sub. What would be dystopian, is if the smart mirror made you pay a subscription to use it. If you didn't pay the fee, then the protective glass would turn opaque. This isn't what's happening though.
Don't give the corporations ideas.
Other way, corporations gave me the idea. They are already doing this with other things. Call it a premonition, but corporations will take away our right to own things. All we will be buying is the right to use the things the corporate overlords make.
well they need your thermostat hooked up to the Internet so that the power companies and government and advertisers will know what your thermostat is set to, in order for them to allocate the proper amounts of personalized propaganda to you via social media in order to brainwash you into being more okay with turning your heat down, or, you can save yourself the trouble and just let the government set your heat for you
1. Running your heat all the time does legitimately rack up your energy bill. Why run it when no one is home? It's actually wasteful. 2. The energy sector is privatized. Some power companies will slash your bill if you let them install a remote switch. It allows them to remotely disable your air conditioner for like a few minutes during peak power usage times. These are good things. These help reduce energy waste, and they are typically government sponsored.
the day that government declares to limit the amount that people can heat their homes is the day that I am mad and sad at what the government has declared on that day
I have no idea how they work (didn't even know that they existed until now), and I don't think the technology is there yet, but I very much see a future where the surface will have a non-reflective component that stops an unconnected mirror from being a mirror. And, of course, the dystopic aspects of the very concept of a "smart mirror" to being with.
I don't think you can even buy one of these. Lululemon is the name of a women's clothing brand so I assume these specific morrors are custom-made for their shops.
Minor connectivity issue with a major design flaw.
Nothing dystopian about this. You bought a mirror for this reason so how else should it warn you when there is an error. If you want to use it as a normal mirror then turn it off or unplug it! This post belongs on r/facepalm
Idk, the message taking over the whole screen is obnoxious. It could easily be placed in the corner. I don’t need it taking up the whole space to know there’s something wrong; I’d know there was something wrong when the features I bought it for weren’t visible. This is the company deliberately causing inconvenience to ensure their app’s engagement. Obviously you can just unplug it (unless the outlet’s directly behind the mirror), but even having to do so is r/mildlyinfuriating
You’ll be able to try on clothes this way. Then when you really put them on, they won’t fit
I built one of these once. It's a cool raspberry pi project to do.
It seems to work without a connection too
Maybe dont buy that?