I have been logged out of my toothbrush
(midwest.social)
Brand New SentenceIt'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 🙄
My electric toothbrush doesn't have a network connection because it's a fucking toothbrush.
How about using regular ones?
Um, wifi signal on these are terrible. Don’t listen to this man!
Just like analog clocks this current batch of regards probably don't know how to use them.
And have to manually post my brushing times to all my socials? Ew.
You mean acoustic?
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
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.
I used a nail gun once that had Bluetooth connectivity. I still have no idea why I would ever want that.
Maybe tracking nail usage in a professional setting? I have no idea, but it's an amusing feature for sure.
I just thought it was a funny sentence.
I agree, I'm talking about the other comments
Optional or not, a toothbrush should never have connectivity via Bluetooth, an app or an online account.
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.
Lmao. Its oral b, you def arent maintaining control of your data
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.
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
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.
All of these are a pain if these items are 'Smart' and blocked.
But definitely not a coffee machine.
If that goes wrong I will snap.
Judging by your comment you might not know about the possibility of a gift.
Still didn't have to create am account for a freakin' toothbrush
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQ4W7yB9Mow
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.
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.
Wow I guess I'm just really behind on tooth care, then again makes sense as I don't have any teeth left...
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! 😁
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.
That's pretty funny. 😄
I'm always amazed at the layers of corporate rigamarole to get even the simplest of things.
If you like that, this was a medical device and a major project so we had to write a report and submit it to most health agencies across the globe. Someone in the fda, bsi(for EU), tuv(Brazil and some South American countries) and several other agencies had to read the report on why a tooth brush was acceptable and agree it was the best choice...
Lol say no more. I've been pharmaceuticals-adjacent in various roles for 20 years now. I can very clearly picture these people reading about your toothbrushes! 😂
It stops connecting to Bluetooth and then won't turn on anymore.
Not even joking. I fucking hate it.
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....
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.
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.
Have you tried painting your teeth blue?
"Witness me, Bloodbag!" I'm watching Fury Road as I scroll past this comment.
this is the shite we have to deal with in our cyberpunk dystopia
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