then they will have to cope of buying a 2000$ “normal” mattress. its the same people that bought 1800$ smart fridge from samsung. last december deal we purchase a normal mattress for less than 120$
I have a mattress i purchased for $100 of my buddy when he moved out the country. He ordered it online the year before for $400. I can just throw it on the ground and sleep on it no problem when i move. Not sure why a mattress would ever need an Internet connection other than to spy on you
Theoretically what they were offering can be useful. It both heats and cools, so you can leave the house temperature higher or lower to save on energy costs while staying comfy in bed. It has tilting feature which can be nice for reading or watching TV. Also, you’d hope that it would be a comfy bed in general for that price.
Of course this event shows the makers are fools and the concept of a subscription being needed, for an already overpriced bed, to do what a knob could do, is insane.
Or you can get a window unit if you want your bedroom cooler in the summer and a heated blanket for the winter for a fraction of the cost. And once again, neither of those options will spy on you or stop working just because Amazon shit the bed 1000 miles away from where you live. My parents have a high end mattress that tilts but it doesn’t need an Internet connection, and cost half the price of this thing. IoT devices are a luxury tax on people too stupid for all their money.
Eight Sleep confirmed that while AWS was down, the metrics collection system was still working using internal memory. This means the dead man’s switch is engaged, and any attempt to power it off would violate the terms of service, causing the bed’s very obvious human-sized mousetrap to have its safety disengaged.
There’s an offline mode after all. Unplug it!
then they will have to cope of buying a 2000$ “normal” mattress. its the same people that bought 1800$ smart fridge from samsung. last december deal we purchase a normal mattress for less than 120$
And the air bladders have a leak that was usually dealt with by it being plugged in so it deflates and you’re left with a very flat and hard bed.
So? That doesn’t sound as bad as full power heating.
I have a mattress i purchased for $100 of my buddy when he moved out the country. He ordered it online the year before for $400. I can just throw it on the ground and sleep on it no problem when i move. Not sure why a mattress would ever need an Internet connection other than to spy on you
Theoretically what they were offering can be useful. It both heats and cools, so you can leave the house temperature higher or lower to save on energy costs while staying comfy in bed. It has tilting feature which can be nice for reading or watching TV. Also, you’d hope that it would be a comfy bed in general for that price.
Of course this event shows the makers are fools and the concept of a subscription being needed, for an already overpriced bed, to do what a knob could do, is insane.
Or you can get a window unit if you want your bedroom cooler in the summer and a heated blanket for the winter for a fraction of the cost. And once again, neither of those options will spy on you or stop working just because Amazon shit the bed 1000 miles away from where you live. My parents have a high end mattress that tilts but it doesn’t need an Internet connection, and cost half the price of this thing. IoT devices are a luxury tax on people too stupid for all their money.
the people that would by a 2k bed would also buy a 1800 samsung fridge that comes WITH ADS.
Eight Sleep confirmed that while AWS was down, the metrics collection system was still working using internal memory. This means the dead man’s switch is engaged, and any attempt to power it off would violate the terms of service, causing the bed’s very obvious human-sized mousetrap to have its safety disengaged.
it turns into a smei-bear trap for humans.