Comment by rollcat

3 months ago

Yep. Manufacturers / distributors should be held responsible. Aligning the incentives is half the battle.

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fch42  3 months ago

A "do not connect to the cloud" physical flip switch on the IoT device is what I want. Where can I sign the petition for that?

  • rollcat  3 months ago

    A physical switch is extra BoM / cost, and doesn't make sense in the context of a networked device. Just make it LAN-first / LAN-only. Any Internet-enabled features should happen on the gateway, and be opt-in.

qiqitori  3 months ago

Yes, need to protect Azure from those evil manufacturers.

  • catlikesshrimp  3 months ago

    Azure AWS and cloudflare will survive, then everything else will pay them for protection; when all of the internet is captive, they will lobby for regulation to reduce the costs.

    It would be better to get the regulation set up before stronger gatekeepers are created