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A Boring Dystopia
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Google is getting as bad as Microsoft with unusable old hardware. I mean fine stop supporting the older hardware but release the code/api to allow them to still function with people who know how to do it. Or at the very least allow the old hardware to be unlocked for third party firmware.
Unfortunately from a business perspective it's very hard to argue for this stuff since goodwill doesn't have a definable dollar amount but the engineering time to extract this and getting it working extremely definitely has a cost.
The back end of this smart crap is very likely inextricably intertwined with Google's internal services.
Remember Google exists to harvest data which means the important part of this thermostat is not being a thermostat but recording when you're home, what temperature it is, if you're awake etc etc.
100%. This needs to be a law or it can't be expected to happen.
I will say, MS make a decent mouse.
Yeah no doubt. I’ve got 20 year old MS mice that still work.
Does MS make a decent mouse or did all of their competitors like Logitech just jump off a cliff with a drop in quality? I suppose "decent" could be a relative term.
I can only really speak for the intellimouse I have, it's a little over 5 years old, cost £25, 4 buttons and a clicky scroll wheel, comfortable to use. Works as well today as the day I bought it, gets maybe 8-10 hours of use 5-6 days a week. Only complaint is the rubberised coating near the side buttons has scuffed up a bit.
I'm not claiming it's the world's greatest mouse or anything, but it's fine, decent.