Once upon a time someone wanted to automate a printer. Why? It kept jamming paper. That's how the free software movement was born.
As far as "smart devices" go, we haven't really escaped that hell. This coffee machine is an example of it. Thankfully, open source firmware and DIY have an incredible amount of worldwide momentum, but we are still far away from devices and software serving their user first. DIY is a niche by definition, everybody around you aka normies still have to suffer from technology. Even when don't recognize it: https://danluu.com/bug-blind/
Once upon a time someone wanted to automate a printer. Why? It kept jamming paper. That's how the free software movement was born.
As far as "smart devices" go, we haven't really escaped that hell. This coffee machine is an example of it. Thankfully, open source firmware and DIY have an incredible amount of worldwide momentum, but we are still far away from devices and software serving their user first. DIY is a niche by definition, everybody around you aka normies still have to suffer from technology. Even when don't recognize it: https://danluu.com/bug-blind/