The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds
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I do not think "bricked" means what you think it means.
Archive link to bypass paywall:
https://archive.ph/6ri9c
Good. Anyone dumb enough to buy a "smart bed" deserves to have it bricked.
Edit: disappointed they aren't actually getting bricked. Just temporarily inoperable. Boo
Why do so many things need to be smart? I don't want smart appliances. I want my appliances to be on academic probation.