Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colgate's app even bigger..?

Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by FredPret on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:26PM (#41371818)

I bought an electric toothbrush from Walmart for $6.99 probably 5 years ago. It takes Oral-B brush heads and AA batteries. It's not capable of using an app. Who know being a tech guy would make me love as-simple-as-possible "retro" devices.

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by ptrrrrrrppr on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:39PM (#41371991)

electric and sonic toothbrushes are completely different things. get yourself a sonic one, thank me later

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by whartung on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:56PM (#41372234)

Sonic toothbrushes make my arm go numb.

"I'm holding it wrong."

So, I don't use them.

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by layer8 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:29PM (#41371855)

That’s every other tech guy. It’s a common effect.

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by lloeki on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:48PM (#41372122)

> I work in IT, which is the reason our house has:
- mechanical locks
- mechanical windows
- routers using OpenWRT
- no smart home crap
- no Alexa/Google Assistant/...

- no internet connected thermostats

>> Tech Enthusiasts: Everything in my house is wired to the Internet of Things! I control it all from my smartphone! My smart-house is bluetooth enabled and I can give it voice commands via alexa! I love the future!

>> Programmers / Engineers: The most recent piece of technology I own is a printer from 2004 and I keep a loaded gun ready to shoot it if it ever makes an unexpected noise.

- https://imgur.com/6wbgy2L

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by FredPret on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:18PM (#41373171)

I think this happened when tech went mainstream. I used to love cutting-edge gadgets.

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Re:Why is the Oral-B iOS app almost 300 MB? And why is Colga... by latexr on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @06:46AM (#41378098)

And it’s common in many industries, not only in tech. We even have an idiom that refers to it.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/how_the_sausage_gets_made

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