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Why Ring, Not Amazon Echo, Is the Killer IoT Product (hackernoon.com)
4 points by sdomino on March 20, 2017 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


While the tech world obsesses about smart homes and living on another planet unemployment is sky-rocketing, the living standards of ordinary people are plummeting due to high rents and a significant percentage of the world's population will starve to death this year. Jeezus, the human race and its priorities. Most people I know will never own a home and are struggling to pay their rent so what is the significance of this holy grail, the smart home? The phrase "fiddling while Rome burns" comes to mind.


Six paragraphs until the author explains what Ring is. It is an IoT doorbell with a camera. Saved you a click.




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