"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 6/27/2017 2:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
>> "dsi1" > wrote in message news:6493986e-01a7-4f6d-9dd4-
>> I simply said that most of the posters here find the modern world scary.
>> Either you agree with that or you don't. This isn't about you or me.
>>
>>
>> Nothing scary about it, just don't need a lot of it.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> Exactly, Cheri. I don't need everything to be connected. In this case
> I'm talking about smart phones and "connected" appliances.
>
> Why would I need to be able to turn the lights on (or off) in my house via
> a phone? If I'm going out and I know it will be dark when I return, I
> switch on a lamp before I leave. No need to turn on lights using an app
> on a phone.
>
> I recently saw a TV ad showing a teenage brother and sister driving home
> in a car. Their parents called, did you do the laundry? They scrambled
> on the phone, find the app! They turned on the washing machine via their
> phone.
>
> Yes, there is an app for that. IF your washing machine is "connected".
>
> Sorry, but in what real life scenario does that fit? Gee, I forgot to
> turn on the washer, must do it by phone!
>
> Get real. They put the clothes in the washing machine. They (hopefully)
> added detergent. Yet they didn't think to turn it on when they were
> standing right there? Idiotic.
>
> It's not scary technology. It's silly. Start the washing machine via a
> phone. Really? Who does that?
>
> Of course you have to pay more for all of this technology. More breakable
> expensive parts, too. No thank you.
>
> Jill



No thank you from me too. When I first moved into this house, there was a
self cleaning oven that did a great job, with simple knobs to set the time,
temp, time to turn on, time to turn off, didn't need a manual to learn how
to use it, could easily replace the relatively inexpensive elements etc. I
would have loved to have been able to buy the same, but all the "better"
technology took over and I couldn't. LOL

Cheri