- cross-posted to:
- hardware@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- hardware@lemmy.world
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I always make sure my appliances are comatible, and so should everyone.
And able to be controlled locally with no need to talk to a cloud API. Fast, reliable, private, and future-proof.
I’ve had Aerogardens for years. I don’t think any of mine are IoT devices. I’ve grown a ton of lettuce, basil varieties, peppers, tomatoes, cilantro, etc… A bit pricey up front if you don’t buy on sale, but I feel I got way more produce out of them than expected.
Agreed on all counts. I’ve never thought of my AeroGarderns as IoT devices and in fact never configured the wi-fi, which was always kind of a goofy stunt anyway: It’s got front panel controls.
Wrong, we don’t control it. It withholds a libre license text file, bad!
Tech fads. They never get hyped 🙄
cough AI cough
Most “AI” I have seen are basically fancy iterations of autocomplete.
Can anyone recommend something similar that is more open? I like the idea but I don’t want to get tied into a new ecosystem and all for every dang thing I buy.
Which bit of it are you particularly interested in? The app connectivity? Basic dumb all in ones are available on Amazon are more than good enough for growing the simple stuff like peppers and lettuce. None of the all in ones are bullet proof in terms of reliability, they are pretty disposable and I would not count on them lasting years.
Not a fancy one. I’ll try one as dumb as I am!
