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Nest is coming under fire following an announcement that Revolv, a smart home startup it acquired two years ago, would be permanently shutting off its product starting May 15th. The decision, announced in a quiet note on Revolv's website in February, has gone largely unnoticed and is expected to impact a very small number of consumers. However, it does raise serious questions about the longevity of smart home gadgets. The devices are often costly pieces of hardware made by small startups that may drop support at any point after being scooped up by a larger technology company.
This is the problem. Your robot costs lot and will be unsupported in the near future too.
Keeping these devices up and running is very costly from support point of view. So their support stops sooner or later. And with modern subscription mentality, your robot is dead in the water in the next few years.
you are correct, but you are fighting on a front that im not talking about. im speaking of "dumb robots" not smart ones that collect data.
this is similar to a car factory robot, or an assembly line situation. if they can automate it so save money, not deal with humans who show up late, quit, complain etc....
and they dont need insurance or federal protections. they cant pull the race card.. they wont show up stoned.
dumb robots to perform a task. not smart ones like your phone or nest.
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if they can automate it so save money,
That's the thing, they won't. It will become more expensive. I am fully aware of automation because it is closely tied to my profession, and I see how things gets promised, fails to deliver, are buggy as hell, support costs spiraling out of control and in the end a system that is more broken than working.
The only people that gets rich are the ones that sells these automations.
Now on top of that you still have to deal with humans. This time Indian IT support that you need to call to fix the broken robot.
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This is the problem. Your robot costs lot and will be unsupported in the near future too.
Keeping these devices up and running is very costly from support point of view. So their support stops sooner or later. And with modern subscription mentality, your robot is dead in the water in the next few years.
[–] bourbonexpert [S] ago
you are correct, but you are fighting on a front that im not talking about. im speaking of "dumb robots" not smart ones that collect data.
this is similar to a car factory robot, or an assembly line situation. if they can automate it so save money, not deal with humans who show up late, quit, complain etc.... and they dont need insurance or federal protections. they cant pull the race card.. they wont show up stoned.
dumb robots to perform a task. not smart ones like your phone or nest.
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That's the thing, they won't. It will become more expensive. I am fully aware of automation because it is closely tied to my profession, and I see how things gets promised, fails to deliver, are buggy as hell, support costs spiraling out of control and in the end a system that is more broken than working.
The only people that gets rich are the ones that sells these automations.
Now on top of that you still have to deal with humans. This time Indian IT support that you need to call to fix the broken robot.