100% the Litter Robot is amazing. ( Except for my older cat, she's pushing 19, had to build a ramp for her. )

But I also agree there are limits to what needs IoTing. I don't live in a house large enough that I can't go see if the box needs cleaning within about 20s. I also sure as hell don't need a notification on my phone that one of them just made a deposit.

On Wed, Sep 1, 2021 at 12:05 AM Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net> wrote:

On 8/31/21 20:18, J. Hellenthal wrote:
> Also don't get a smart litterbox... ;-)
>
> Yeah that's a thing and connects to the local Wi-Fi. Kinda want to DMZ that mutha and wait for a script kiddie to turn one of my cats upside down...
>
> dubs litter-robot.com

I have one, the cat loves it and it's very easy to clean. No need to
enable the wi-fi. Front panel indicators are more than sufficient.
"Wi-fi enabled" on things that don't need wi-fi is a marketing gimmick
that's way over-used.

Rule 37.024 subsection 7: Cats are always on-topic.

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