As enshittification continues to accelerate, terms of service/ privacy policies are going from comically draconian to completely insane attempts to preempt both consumer rights and common sense.

For now at least, we can still find the last few “dumb” models that simply function at appliances without all the bloatware, but that’s little solace. In another ten years, I suspect we may be left with little option but to refurbish old (proprietary!) appliances as best we can.

Maybe this is wishful thinking, but there ought to be a market opening for simple, durable, easily repairable appliances? Where is the competition?