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I can see use in a smart bed for things like apnea or people who need bed rotations and stuff. But outside of that, a dumb bed is better
Even people who would benefit from such a device would be retarded to trust big tech to operate it. An open source alternative would be a very good idea.
Why the hell does it need to connect outside of LAN?
So it can sell your biometric data.
So it can steal your data. This applies to any smart home device, although I can imagine there being some benefit to being able to manage other devices remotely. A smart bed shouldn't require any network access.
I think if we set our paranoia aside we can all see the benefits or uses in most "Smart" Products.
Nobody should do that though because they are always being used either nefariously or incompetently and will fail you immensely sooner or later despite being multiple times the cost of the standard.
I wouldn't use an Internet of Things appliance or anything beyond a hockey puck on my counter that tells me the weather. I have never integrated my echo with anything else and wouldn't.
I can see these systems glitching out and flooding your home with gas from your stove, or turning off the heat during winter or unlocking your front door in the middle of the night.
I don't even want that. My smartphone is already enough of a gaping security hole as it is