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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 28 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

When AWS went down, users lost access to the app that manages its water-cooled coils, leaving them stuck with whatever setting was last active.

That's ridiculous. The app should merely talk to the device over wifi, if available. The cloud should only be used to connect from outside the wifi network.

Why is everything so crappy?

[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago

But even that makes little sense as it should take commands locally and any telemetry should be done after the commands are issued. This method basically says “if we ever miss out on telemetry data, it’s just not worth it to us to give you what you already paid for. “

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

eh perhaps to collect usage data and somehow benefit from it.