7 comments

  • DIVx0 6 hours ago
    Ngl, I got kinda excited by the submission title until the last two characters. Crediting LG as a development partner automatically sours the product, even before seeing details. Who has the time and money to beta test shit tier LG products while simultaneously fending off identity thieves or trying to RMA a broken device, as is tradition for USA bound LG engineered products?
  • clscott 7 hours ago
    The same LG whose devices have that’s been snooping on its customers?
    • cyanydeez 7 hours ago
      As far as I can tell, the only reason Apple's walled garden protects your privacy is because it's way more valuable that way.

      ...your information though, not the product. They'll sell you out if they get the right MBA.

  • 233mhz 7 hours ago
    Is this an American thing? I never met anyone using any of these things
    • Digory 1 hour ago
      Smart doorbells and thermostats are popular.

      Smart door locks are mostly an AirBnB / rental cabin thing.

    • BrentOzar 6 hours ago
      Yeah, we use this kind of stuff and so do most of our friends. Makes it really convenient when you go on vacations, want to let friends into the house, want to check on it, want temps to automatically adjust back to normal when your plane touches down in town, etc.
    • MiroslavPokorny 5 hours ago
      Waste of time and money.

      Homekit is dodgy, for some strange reason stuff randomly disconnects from the network here and there, and require a hard reset every so often.

      No idea why but homekit sometimes fails to see some devices, but the manuf app is able to work with them.

      Siri is also pretty dumb, for example "Turn off Lights" isnt smart enough to turn off any lights that are on. One must say "Turn of ALL lights".

    • cromka 6 hours ago
      Half of my friends in Poland and elsewhere in UK and EU do.
  • thisislife2 7 hours ago
    And the dilution of the brand begins ...
    • m463 23 minutes ago
      you mean continues...

      What have they really created since steve jobs?

  • zeristor 7 hours ago
    Just so long as you don't give LG access to the internet you should be safe
    • snvzz 3 hours ago
      But what if your neighbor gives LG access to his internet?

      An LG device in your home could potentially hop through it for snooping and fw updates.

  • trojanfootball 4 hours ago
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