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[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 83 points 4 days ago (5 children)

That's kinda on you, dude. Nothing is stopping you from subscribing to toothbrush premium with mouth-print authentication. Before you start whining, no, you don't actually have to listen to the two minutes of ads for sour candy, transmitted directly through your jaw bones. You can always upgrade to add-free. It's only like $10 per month.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago (3 children)

$10 per month? I thought it was $10 per tooth..

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[–] Strider@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Toothbrush premium has been sunset and replaced by toothbrush plus by popular customer demand.

It's superior features have a newly redesigned the consumer experience. Ads can be skipped. Up to three times to be reviewed at a later date.

Of course we also have the new ultra premium subscription model for the low price of 9,99 per week where you can submit your ad preferences!

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[–] grepe@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

years ago a colleague of mine used to say: could you, please, unplug your book from my computer? i need to charge my cigarette.

[–] hanke@feddit.nu 45 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Yeah, this is kind of on you.

If you spend your money on a "smart" toothbrush, expect it to do "smart" stuff.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 13 points 4 days ago

And soon with AI, smart things will get even smarter.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

they probably dont look all those reviews online about these, i got curious and most of them said they stopped working, or some part of the smart features becomes defective within a year.

anything above oral-b 1500 series, you are asking for it. 1500 and below you are just getting the standard rotating toothbrush with no smart gimmicks, and they last alot longer too. plus, oral-b makes thier money from the toothbrush heads, its every 3 months replacements, but the official replacements heads are expensive. if you are buying the IO series you will have to get those.

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[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

And that's what you get for buying an internet toothbrush.

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[–] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 7 points 3 days ago

Oh noez, now you’ll have to switch to Bluetooth.

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

"Brushing experience". Every morning is an adventure.

[–] LadyButterfly@reddthat.com 17 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Oh ffs this is ridiculous. Wtf does a toothbrush need internet?

[–] AlJones@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

To collect data for advertisers and health officials. To add a subscription to turning on your tooth brush.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

too collect data, and make it look like you are buying a bougie product, because it has all these features. some off-brand ones that are way cheaper has the same thing already.

you usually dont encounter these ones unless you are paying alot for it, like 80-200$+ for the expensive lines of oral-b.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

it must be those smart-lines of oral-b that are very expensive, like 100-200$+ the ones less than 70 wont do this. i heard the bougie ones are quite flimsy and prone to breaking, because theres more complicated parts and now electronics.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Can confirm! I bought one on sale which never connected to Bluetooth on my Samsung android (though documentation suggested it should.) connected to partners iPhone though. Anyway I used for less than 3 months before it stopped charging. I then went back to using the £25 I'd had for many years.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

i was looking online reviews when i was looking for electric toothbrush, almost everyone that has smart-features including off brand tend to be defective, one way or another. its either the blue tooth, the sensor, it stops rotating, charging,,,etc. replacement heads are expensive if you are buying the OFFICIAL heads. i bought ones from ironically germany( alittle big for the american version of the actual toothbrush, it works and it last longer too as a replacement, apparently only the american ones get yellow and shorter before 3 months. while the ones from the official german versions dont. the americans have to be replaced every 3months.

the one i bought was the oralb1000 series, it was 39.99usd at the time(i noticed this color was noticbally cheaper both instore too, shouldve gotten another one jus tin case.) they sell the other colors which was more expensive and never on sale for some reason.

[–] jimmux@programming.dev 22 points 4 days ago

Did you remember to drink a verification can of Mountain Dew?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I gave up on electric toothbrushes. My dentist recommended them, I used them, got two infections in six months where I had no issues for years. Returned to normal brushes three years ago, no more infections.

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They are definitely, without a question, much more effective at cleaning your teeth. My guess is coincidence vs. you had a poor technique when it came to using them

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Important question, are verification cans bad for my teeth?

[–] Daxter101@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Drink verification can to log in to customer support to ask.

Answer: 10 out of 10 of our Marketing Department Experts agree, Beverage(tm) is Healthy and Healing (legally defined as part of a balanced diet and lifestyle, serving size 19.2 ml per day)

Thank you for using customer support. Please drink verification can to Rate your experience, because we care about what you think.

Also, drink verification can to join our Giveaway Competition for one free week of sleep in Pear's Premium iRestPods! Competition is for which user can get the most viral clip of themselves, doing the #BeverageCanGuzzleChallenge!

[–] BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Internet of things was a mistake

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Nah.

Like it often tends to be, the mistake wasn't the concept itself, but rather letting some of the worst and least qualified people get away with any fuckery they want in the neverending quest for short term profits and shareholder dividends.

The IOT could DEFINITELY be a vehicle for actual convenience with no drawbacks for consumers if we would just have and enforce laws and regulations favoring their experience over the profits of misery-makers.

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

LOL, I thought this was a joke.

[–] Electricblush@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

💩 No one expects the enshittification! 💩

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

but why one needs a smart toothbrush that requires an account in the first place? does it have a loudspeaker so you can listen to some Cannibal Corpse on Qobuz while brushing your teeth?

[–] JayDee@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Philip's Sonicare line uses an app to track your brushing habits and can tell you when you're underbrushing spots. It's almost definitely also spyware, though, like all major corpo apps.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

i bought a cheap one off-brand , it has 5 different intensities and settings and you can program it yourself(how long each one last) and it has a countdown to see how long you have been brushing, it warns you if you brush less than 2 minutes. sadly this one is very cheap(teetheory) and no longer sold on amazon, likely due to trumps tariffs on china last year.

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago
[–] goosygirl@thelemmy.club 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Its prolly got a camera that looks at your teeth so you no longer need to get a checkup. But thats also very intrusive, imo

Obvs, im being sarcastic

But it could happen 🪥🦷

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago

smart toothbrush has too much datamining features, plus the more electronics it has the more it likely is an expensive mistake. i look at quite of few of the smart or expensive ones, and they commonly become defective quite readily.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

its the expensive bougie ones. oral-b has mutliple lines. oral-b 100-1500 line is your standard non-smart ones more durable. its only if you buy something higher than that which is 100-200$each like the IO series. if you for some reason want to only use IO replacement heads that is expensive too, always get off-market replacement heads.

sonic toothbrush apparently is a different company(sonicare).

[–] BilSabab@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

i think i'm going to stick with my regular brush.

[–] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 10 points 4 days ago (4 children)

Wait isn't this like an escalator that's broken just becoming stairs?

A smart toothbrush that's broken just becomes a toothbrush

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