On 6/27/2017 2:04 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "dsi1" > wrote in message news:6493986e-01a7-4f6d-9dd4-
> I simply said that most of the posters here find the modern world scary.
> Either you agree with that or you don't. This isn't about you or me.
>
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> Nothing scary about it, just don't need a lot of it.
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> Cheri

Exactly, Cheri. I don't need everything to be connected. In this case
I'm talking about smart phones and "connected" appliances.

Why would I need to be able to turn the lights on (or off) in my house
via a phone? If I'm going out and I know it will be dark when I return,
I switch on a lamp before I leave. No need to turn on lights using an
app on a phone.

I recently saw a TV ad showing a teenage brother and sister driving home
in a car. Their parents called, did you do the laundry? They scrambled
on the phone, find the app! They turned on the washing machine via
their phone.

Yes, there is an app for that. IF your washing machine is "connected".

Sorry, but in what real life scenario does that fit? Gee, I forgot to
turn on the washer, must do it by phone!

Get real. They put the clothes in the washing machine. They
(hopefully) added detergent. Yet they didn't think to turn it on when
they were standing right there? Idiotic.

It's not scary technology. It's silly. Start the washing machine via a
phone. Really? Who does that?

Of course you have to pay more for all of this technology. More
breakable expensive parts, too. No thank you.

Jill