Re:AmazonBasics Microwave: Accessible for People with Visual...
by jrflowers on Sunday July 16, 2023 @05:55PM
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> I then used Alexa from another room…
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> maybe it was decided it was too dangerous of a product.
That’s almost certainly what happened. If you give people the ability to do something insane like turning on their microwave without being in the same room as it, somebody is going to be foolish enough to actually attempt that — regardless of how pointlessly dangerous that is or how infinitesimal the amount of time or convenience that the ability to do so might create.
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> maybe it was decided it was too dangerous of a product.
That’s almost certainly what happened. If you give people the ability to do something insane like turning on their microwave without being in the same room as it, somebody is going to be foolish enough to actually attempt that — regardless of how pointlessly dangerous that is or how infinitesimal the amount of time or convenience that the ability to do so might create.