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  • willis936@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The economics aren’t there. A cellular chip and a subscription will not pay for the private conversations of a random house.

    • piecat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      You could be right, but I’m not alleging they would use cell.

      Presumably the smart appliance already has wireless capabilities like WiFi/BLE. And then it’s just a software exercise on how to code an interface between devices of the same manufacturer.