Right? Like half of what I want from these things is when is the battery low? When is the outbox full? When is the feeder empty? And metrics to verify the device is generally operating safely.

Controlling the device? We've known how to do that for 50+ years. Help me maintain the device.

I feel you, trying to find a smart gadget that is actually smart in 2025 and not just a data collector is nearly impossible. Learning to DIY a lot of these projects. Throw one of these or similar in there with a little control board set to email you if 0 changes to 1 or w/e

https://aeotec.com/products/aeotec-water-sensor-7-pro/

This little thing is a beast :)

Do they at least tell you how wet your wifi is?

Pet Wirecutter, Midea and Frigidaire both have smart options that have full bucket notifications. It's baffling that they don't advertise that feature in their product listings, though.

Shh shh shh, don't give them ideas.

Or Alexa?

You joke but my dehumidifier has an automatic comfort mode of some sort.

I guarantee that next run will have that button with screen print AI something something above it instead.

Most people tend to stay in the same room (or a neighbouring room) when they're microwaving something. They could probably save on the cost of having a full-blown computer with wifi inside the microwave by just having the noisy thing from an alarm clock. But, ah, the fuck do I know?

Any appliance with IoT is a value-subtract.

They do it so in the future they can monetize you in perpetuity in some way

How long are people microwaving things to the point where that is useful??!

As someone who hates appliances beeping, I love push notifications

I'm so tired at things beeping at me