Triumph

Certain things being remotely controllable is great. Garage door opener, thermostat, some lights, doorbell camera.

Fridge, toaster, coffee maker, washer/dryer? Completely pointless.

The Chats?

This is what happens when the people in charge of everything are entirely separated from reality.

The Chinese design-manufacturing-retail pipeline isn’t like what it is in the West. There aren’t nearly as many “bespoke” products made for a single company.

That’s not how it works. Factory makes Thing. Anyone who wants to resell Thing buys it from the factory and labels it BRAND Thing.

The manufacturing environment in China is different. A lot of products are made from an existing design, then anyone who wants to sell those buds then from the factory.

The weird “brand names” are basically drop shippers. People buy Thing, send them to Amazon’s warehouses, pop a storefront.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game.

Ffs you don’t do that shit from your own computer. You use a zombie.