cars, chargers, solar inverters, floor heaters, water boilers, ventilation, air conditioners, washers, cook tops, ovens, dishwashers, even vacuum cleaners, lawn mowers and, of course, tvs... everything has its own app. each app is hundreds of megabytes in size and receives weekly (!) updates... and now with ai slop on top.

no, i don't want to use fossil fuel cars or burn firewood instead of harvesting solar.

i just don't want subscriptions, clouds, and apps.

i want standard interfaces, open protocols, open firmware.