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We’ve reached the point of having to patch the software of your shoes (media.mstdn.social)

submitted 11 months ago by i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk to c/internetofshit@suppo.fi

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cross-posted from: https://mstdn.social/users/tekkie/statuses/112037167186333009

Image description: Installation progress bar running for software upgrade of the Under Armour running shoes

(Originally published earlier today on mstdn.social)

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[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I love when people get pissy about stuff like this. If you want it, great. If you don’t, buy other shoes or don’t use it.

What’s it going to do? Stop being a shoe if you don’t connect it to your phone?

Devices that can lock you out with their smart functionality and you don’t have a say in, I get. Things like the Roku TVs forcing new arbitration policies and ovens included with a house that have mandatory firmware updates.

But stuff like this? Who cares? It’s very useful to some people who want advanced gait tracking in the shoe, and it’s completely ignorable for everyone else.

[–] Pronell@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Well there was the story of the three million toothbrushes being used in a DDOS attack but in googling for a link to the story it turned out to be a hoax, so there's at least that good news to back you up.