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PSA: I spent $80 on a 'smart' trash can that needs an app to open

Honestly, the battery died after a week and I was stuck with a sealed bin full of garbage, so has anyone else found a normal can that just works?
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pat540
pat5401mo ago
Oh man, that's the most 2024 problem I've ever heard. They really sold you a trash can that locks you out of your own trash. Tbh, my dumb can from the hardware store has never needed a software update to take out the gross stuff. It feels like we're solving problems that never existed.
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averymitchell
Did you see that article about smart appliances having security flaws? It's wild that a trash can could get hacked or stop working because of bad code. We're adding way too many points of failure to basic stuff.
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fiona_murray
My smart fridge locked me out last week for a "security update" while my milk sat there.
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