The toaster would go well with butter bot.
this post was submitted on 02 May 2026
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the apartments' appliances are designed to extract revenue. The fridge won't chill unauthorized groceries. The toaster won't toast unauthorized bread.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41085118-unauthorized-bread
The DMCA makes it illegal to toast anything the software refuses to toast. This is legal reality today, despite being featured in (dystopic) science fiction.
The toaster includes a sensor that detects if the bread contains DNA from the proprietary wheat that the toaster company has partnered with.
THAT or there is a series of tiny nanoprocessors embedded in the bread itself that are ~~mostly, surely~~ harmless to consume.
THAT or there is an RFID chip in the bread package that communicates with a receptor in the toaster to ensure that you have the ~~approved~~ optimum bread crafted especially for your toaster model. (Until they decide that the bread now has to be slightly changed in size and no longer fits in your toaster, thus necessitating you buying a new model)
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41085118-unauthorized-bread
The titular story is highly recommended. Published in 2019. Reality got pretty close to that in just 7 years.
edit: and they dare brand it Revolution 😡
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Thing probably uses 4 gb a day 😂
The EU is gonna have to step in to keep websites from storing cookies in the toaster.
I mean, anyone who actually bought that gets exactly what they deserve.
I love tech, I love gadgets, our smart home is full to the brim with automation and information-gathering. So I'm a full-blooded nerd for 45yrs now.
But this? This and cars is where I draw the line. What could possibly be one single tiny benefit of having a toaster like that? Is there even one? I couldn't find one. Except that there's a cool display on it that can't serve any useful info.
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