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Comment Re:Laundry folding? (Score 1) 56

no one makes things like that anymore, without subscriptions. not appliance makers and not even car makers. viva la revolucion, the butlerian revolucion

Car companies mostly do, except for certain features that cost them money on an ongoing basis (like map subscriptions, anything involving cellular data, etc.). And you absolutely can buy appliances that don't have a software component (and should, because the ones that do are likely to be a security nightmare).

Comment Re:IAINWASE (Score 1) 50

by Junta (#66409916) Attached to: Japanese Bank to Stop Allowing ATM Cards, PCs For Account Access

On the ATM card, it's about cost reduction.

On the PC side, it is, fundamentally, a platform that emphasizes flexibility versus mobile that screws flexibility while locking down. So it's mainly about how far a malware could get running against the wishes of the device operator, rather than what a user could do to misbehave. I'm not taking the trade-off, but there is at least a rationale.

Comment Re:lol, eat shit fascists (Score 2) 416

Trump told everyone the other countries would pay for the tariffs and the dumshit MAGAs who didn't pay attention in school believed him. That or Fox never reported it. Here you go. https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/09...

“She is a liar. She makes up crap I am going to put tariffs on other countries coming into our country, and that has nothing to do with taxes to us. That is a tax on another country,” Trump said.

Comment Re:Laundry folding? (Score 1) 56

Yes. But folding clothes is not high on that list. Of the entire wash cycle, that's literally the easiest part. Now if it could put together all the socks into matching pair and store them away, we might be talking.

I would consider that folding clothes. One would assume the ability to hang shirts as well, which is the 90% time sink for me.

People are going to want to buy this and keep using it for literal decades, because they'll see it as an appliance, not an electronic toy.

Other companies have moved us away from that model. It used to be that you buy a washing machine and you're done for most of your life. Ok, maybe you'll need a second one one day but that's about it. Not anymore. I'm on my third fridge since moving into this house a decade ago. They barely offer repairs anymore and it's often cheaper to buy new. It's ridiculous, really.

And this is why I try to avoid buying products from those companies. That said, if you're on your third fridge, maybe don't buy from that company ever again. I've never heard of any fridge lasting less than a decade except perhaps Samsung.

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