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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have one of these, and I use it just fine without an app fwiw

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

you never know for sure until you try though, so if it requires an app, it's dead to me and I don't trust anything else the company makes.

if it has an API i get very wet very fast.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That’s fair, but the point I was trying to make was that I have tried and, for the one I’ve got at least, the app isn’t required. I’m not trying to defend them or anything, I just thought it was worth mentioning.

Tbh I’m kinda glad it doesn’t have an API, because I’d end up wasting a lot of time playing with it haha.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

see, if it had an API, I could integrate it into an open smart home app, and it would be cool as FUCK.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

About two phone changes ago I never reinstalled the anova app.

It's like pressing the buttons on top of the cooker with extra steps.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

yeah there are apps I want on my phone, but if anything says 'there is an app' I'm instantly averse.

even the things I do want phone apps for, I have to browse on fdroid because default options are all terrible. basic shit like file browsers and media players in commercial OS's are just, like, vile and do not function. even if I didn't care about the endoscopes they try to snake up every orifice, they are deliberately nonfunctional.