A washing machine that promises to be finished within an hour, but then still has twenty minutes left on the clock. Sound familiar? Columnist Thysa Smet is annoyed by the smart devices found everywhere around us these days. From washing machines to printers: everything has to have an app, an account, or a complicated extra function. But are we actually making our lives easier with them? Thysa wonders if some devices shouldn't just do what they w…
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A washing machine that promises to be finished within an hour, but then still has twenty minutes left on the clock. Sound familiar? Columnist Thysa Smet is annoyed by the smart devices found everywhere around us these days. From washing machines to printers: everything has to have an app, an account, or a complicated extra function. But are we actually making our lives easier with them? Thysa wonders if some devices shouldn't just do what they w…