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PSA that boar bristle and horse mane toothbrushes are available and fantastic
Yeah, this is kind of on you.
If you spend your money on a “smart” toothbrush, expect it to do “smart” stuff.
And soon with AI, smart things will get even smarter.
💩 No one expects the enshittification! 💩
I gave up on electric toothbrushes. My dentist recommended them, I used them, got two infections in six months where I had no issues for years. Returned to normal brushes three years ago, no more infections.
I won’t buy smart anything, except a phone.
That’s kinda on you, dude. Nothing is stopping you from subscribing to toothbrush premium with mouth-print authentication. Before you start whining, no, you don’t actually have to listen to the two minutes of ads for sour candy, transmitted directly through your jaw bones. You can always upgrade to add-free. It’s only like $10 per month.
$10 per month? I thought it was $10 per tooth…
No, it’s a flat fee, but you get a 10% discount off of tooth implant services provided by our network of dentists whom we charge 20% to participate in our exclusive market.
Same thing with only one tooth left
Did you remember to drink a verification can of Mountain Dew?
Internet of things was a mistake
Nah.
Like it often tends to be, the mistake wasn’t the concept itself, but rather letting some of the worst and least qualified people get away with any fuckery they want in the neverending quest for short term profits and shareholder dividends.
The IOT could DEFINITELY be a vehicle for actual convenience with no drawbacks for consumers if we would just have and enforce laws and regulations favoring their experience over the profits of misery-makers.
“Brushing experience”. Every morning is an adventure.
And when they stopped supporting your device, your teeth will look like this
Wait isn’t this like an escalator that’s broken just becoming stairs?
A smart toothbrush that’s broken just becomes a toothbrush
If you don’t login the bristle cover stays locked in place
Nothing a pair of needle-nose pliers couldn’t fix.
Or a hammer.
then why buy it?
The packaging probably didn’t say “Must create an account to use this product”. If this is even real (I wouldn’t be surprised either way).
I mean sounds like you would need an account in order to track you and your brushing:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pg.oralb.oralbapp&hl=en_AU
I would say this is just twitter slop
