Judging by your comment you might not know about the possibility of a gift.
I have been logged out of my toothbrush
5 months ago by Wren to c/BrandNewSentence
Onomatopoeia 13 points 5 months ago
Still didn't have to create am account for a freakin' toothbrush
tuxiqae 2 points 5 months ago
Turns out there's a Home Assistant integration for those.
The more you know.
ParanoidRV 4 points 5 months ago
Mine doesn't start with "electric" for the same reason.
ParanoidRV 2 points 4 months ago
It just reads my lips.
NottaLottaOcelot 16 points 5 months ago
Your password has been involved in a data leak - please update your password and provide a number for two-step verification in order to proceed to brushing your teeth
SethTaylor 5 points 5 months ago
"We have your brushing history. We will show all your co-workers you only brush your teeth once a day unless you send us $10,000"
NottaLottaOcelot 4 points 5 months ago
Amazing hahahah
And then, “This is the HR department calling. We’ve noticed a correlation in your declining performance with your worsening oral hygiene routine. We will be monitoring both metrics and you will receive a suspension if we do not see an improvement in both metrics within three weeks”
anyhow2503 11 points 5 months ago
None of their toothbrushes require an app or the internet to function. It is completely optional and none of the device functions are artificially hidden behind the app or an account. You can use the app without an account as well from what I know. The only reason I know mine has bluetooth is because it randomly showed up in my home assistant device list.
I've seen lemmy lose their shit over an out of context screenshot of a smart toothbrush having bluetooth connectivity like three times, because people have been trained to assume the device requires it in some way. You've been rage baited by a toothbrush, please stop and get angry at the mountain of other smart devices that actually fuck over the consumer instead.
anyhow2503 1 point 5 months ago
Why not? As long as you retain control of your data I don't see any issue with it. As I mentioned, home assistant integration is one use case. Obviously someone cared enough to write an integration for it.
ThunderQueen 4 points 5 months ago path: 0 23867465 23867681 23868604 23873443, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 1
anyhow2503 3 points 5 months ago
The data is getting to my home assistant and no further. If you use the app, you're not maintaining control. Connectivity in smart devices isn't inherently bad, but people need to be educated about how to take ownership of their data.
Jimmytea 1 point 5 months ago
I can see valid reasons for connectivity, it's cheaper than a screen and parents could use it to monitor brushing habits,(hook it into home assistant?)
But absolutely no go on having anything online
anyhow2503 2 points 5 months ago
I agree, I'm talking about the other comments
kryptonianCodeMonkey 4 points 5 months ago
I used a nail gun once that had Bluetooth connectivity. I still have no idea why I would ever want that.
DragonAce 1 point 5 months ago
I have a dehumidifier that has wifi connectivity. Why the fuck would I want to connect my dehumidifier to my wifi? I don't need fucking push notifications when its full, the loud beeps work just fine.
Zink 4 points 5 months ago
Definitely this.
My favorite addition to my HA from earlier this year is a simple waterproof thermometer that supports Zigbee. It has a little segmented LCD that I read when I am near it, but in Home Assistant I can pull up a graph of the readings for the entire year.
kryptonianCodeMonkey 1 point 5 months ago
But they could work finer!
anyhow2503 1 point 5 months ago
Maybe tracking nail usage in a professional setting? I have no idea, but it's an amusing feature for sure.
vrek 10 points 5 months ago
What does the toothbrush do a normal one can't? I mean, it's stupid to require an account for a toothbrush but it's not like they can take away the function of brushing teeth if you're not logged in.
Like the old mitch hedburg joke: an escalator can never break, it can only temporarily become stairs.
I_Has_A_Hat 3 points 5 months ago
Umm, you sure? I guess I don't have the absolute, top-of-the-line, fancy shmancy oral b toothbrush, but mine isn't exactly the lowest tier either and I bought it just last year. It has Bluetooth and racks your brushing habits through the app, but after a few uses I thought "this is really dumb" and stopped connecting it.
It still functions just fine without the connection. Turns on, gives pulses to mark 30 second increments, and tells you when you're brushing too hard.
I don't want to call you a dirty fucking liar who's just making shit up on the internet because it sounds right, but my toothbrush doesn't have any kind of restriction like that and a quick Google search doesn't show a single version that stops working without Bluetooth sooooo....
kernelle 1 point 5 months ago
Yeah OP definitely has another problem, probably a battery issue. I've had the same experience as you; tested it, found it pretty useless, never used the app again but never had any problems with it.
terranoid 1 point 5 months ago
No, it literally stopped connecting to Bluetooth unless it's plugged in, seems it stopped holding a charge or something after just 1 year of use, and rarely turns on, and when it does it turns off completely after the 30 seconds timer. For a while it'd work if I put it back on the charger, reset the connection through the app, then took it back off, and I'd get 30 second increments of brushing. Then even that stopped working and it won't even turn on.
Fucking shit device. I even tried a firmware reset, didn't help. tried to upgrade the firmware, didn't help. Mine is absolute shit.
Smeagol666 2 points 5 months ago
"Witness me, Bloodbag!" I'm watching Mad Max: Fury Road as I scroll past this comment.
anon6789 1 point 5 months ago
Mine is 10+ years old, so it probably doesn't use as much as a new one, but I can set the duration of the overall timer and set the number of zones and the timers for those zones. I can select the brush modes I want to have available and remove modes I have no desire to use. I have mine set to go Normal Brush>Gum Massage>Tongue Brush and skip the things like a heavier brushing mode.
It does a ton I don't need but might be useful to kids. It has history, goals, streak badges, gives alerts if you push too hard, and gives you reminders to replace your brush heads after so long.
The app has been set it and forget it for me, but it does offer a lot of flexibility, especially if multiple people are using the same brush base.
anon6789 2 points 5 months ago
I got it as part of a product testing survey, and on receipt thought it was ridiculous. Honestly a great brush though. It was the top tier model at the time, and when the day comes it no longer works, I'd get a simpler one, but for people that may benefit from some light assistance getting better at brushing, it does offer a lot of helpful features at a price less than getting one filling! 😁
vrek 3 points 5 months ago
Funnily enough we had an issue at my last job where operators had to brush off debris from milled plastic components and had to almost perfect getting every piece. They would rinse them in water, spray them with sodium bicarbonate, cut off anything attached with razor blades and then brush them off. We tried a variety of different brushes across all price ranges and intended purposes. Only one that people liked, did a good job, didn't damage material was oral b electric tooth brushes. We even tried like a $3000 plastic polishing brush which didn't do as good a job as the cheapest oral b electric toothbrushes we could find on Amazon. The issue was we were not allowed to buy stuff off Amazon so we had to get an exception. I literally made a presentation and attended a meeting with a divisional vice president of a fortune 200 company explaining why we needed to buy electric tooth brushes.
VicVinegar 10 points 5 months ago
Some poor corporate asshole had to literally write "Oral-B Brushing Experience" and pretend to care about what they do. Capitalism, baby! The goofy ass terminology people use to sell shit is sickening. "Using our new pasture woven insulation technology, we've guaranteed your feet will never be cold again" instead of "our socks are made of wool." I cringe.
IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds 9 points 5 months ago
this is the shite we have to deal with in our cyberpunk dystopia
the_armchair_potato 9 points 5 months ago
It's morons like this, who buy this dumb ass shit, that perpetuates this dumb ass shit. The dumbest 60% of us make the decisions for all of us 🙄
prenatal_confusion 13 points 5 months ago
Maybe if your toothbrush could deliver the oral b brushing experience you wouldn't spew this hatred all over our well cleaned face holes.
the_armchair_potato 2 points 5 months ago
Not hate. It's the fucking truth!!
prenatal_confusion 1 point 5 months ago
It's the parasites living in your mouth that make you think ibk and say these things. Get help!
the_armchair_potato 1 point 5 months ago
Lol 😆
NutinButNet 6 points 5 months ago
I have to say that I am pleased with my new Oral-B smart toothbrush that did not require me to sign in or create an account. I still have not and I can use the app as I want. The account just helps with syncing between devices.
I’m good with just the brush and app.
NutinButNet 5 points 5 months ago
It is like a digital coach and will let you know if you’ve got the area to its fullest or if you need to keep focusing on that area. It also lets you know if you’re applying too much pressure or not.
The app is not vital to this, as the brush has a light indicator on it and vibration that do the same thing. Green means good pressure, red means ease off, you’re applying too much pressure, and blue means you’re done. So you don’t have to use the app, but you can and I do half and half using the app and not using it.
The app also helps you track flossing and tongue brushing and gum bleeding and provides statistics. It also tracks brush “health” from the time you buy the new brush head and alerts you when you need to replace it. Also does format updates for the brush.
KlausDieterFreddek 5 points 5 months ago
How about using regular ones?
Nindelofocho 10 points 5 months ago
You mean acoustic?
monkeyslikebananas2 6 points 5 months ago
Um, wifi signal on these are terrible. Don’t listen to this man!
LaunchesKayaks 4 points 5 months ago
Those are cute, but I prefer the toothbrushes they make for little kids. Extra soft with cool designs. My current toothbrush has Spiderman on it
OldChicoAle 2 points 5 months ago
Those tiny brushes are great for getting to the back of some hard to reach teeth.
LaunchesKayaks 1 point 5 months ago
They really are. I also have very sensitive gums and am prone to inflammation (thanks lupus) so the softness of them is wonderful.
kryptonianCodeMonkey 4 points 5 months ago
And have to manually post my brushing times to all my socials? Ew.
Smeagol666 0 points 5 months ago
Just like analog clocks this current batch of regards probably don't know how to use them.
prenatal_confusion 2 points 5 months ago
Best regards,
Your best retards.
AKA the trump admin.
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Zachariah 0 points 5 months ago
The book so called because it recorded the speed measurements made by means of a weighted chip of a tree log on the end of a reeled log line (typically 150 to 200 fathoms). The log lay dead in the water, and sailors counted the time it took the line to pay out. The line was marked by different numbers of knots, or colored rags, tied at regular intervals; hence the nautical measurement sense of knot.
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Proving if nothing else, that you are an idiot for buying it.
Toothbrushes, washing machines, light bulb and refrigerator shouldn't to connected to the internet.
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