It is hard to imagine that there was not someone inside of Nike that lost their faith in humanity when the pitch for these things was originally taking off.

  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    why does it need an app? Why not just have a button on the shoe that pulls the laces into their chambers and forget about connecting it to your phone?

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      4 months ago

      Because once their app is installed on your phone, they can send you push notification ads for their next great shoes.

    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      It could have a button.

      But a button wouldnt give them all the permissions on your phone to harvest your data for sale and exploitation.