• Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    8 months ago

    You know what else monitors my activity levels and provides calorie intake suggestions and food suggestions based on that and macro/micro nutrient levels?

    My body, via hunger and food cravings. And it’s free! (for me)

    And I can 100% guarantee this little device isn’t going to know what I’m actually in the mood for, so it will literally never be what it suggests… Plus my fridge is sad single person fridge half the time - most of my food is dry goods (which it has no ability to track), and I get what produce I need when I need it or it goes bad.

    Samsung: “You have beer, milk, ketchup, mustard, hot sauce, sweet chili, and jelly in your fridge. Make it a soup I guess? I can’t work under these conditions! I’m going to order you real food and then tell you to cook it.”

    Me: “No samsung, I don’t feel like cooking today, that’s why I don’t have any food to make.”

    Samsung: “Did I stutter?”

    Real talk tho, their smart TVs aren’t even any good -regretfully I have one-, which doesn’t build confidence for their even-more-niche smart stuff, why would anyone want all this other trash?

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      8 months ago

      My body, via hunger and food cravings. And it’s free (for me)!

      That’s cool, that’s not the reality for a lot of people struggling with weight who have to use calorie tracking apps to hit their goals though. Both people who eat too much and too little by listening to their body alone exist.

      I’m not saying this is the solution for that, I’m just saying what you said isn’t applicable to everyone.

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        8 months ago

        That’s why I said for me, but I can see my word placement wasn’t great, and probably not clear. Such is life.

        I’d never trust a company trying to sell you an overpriced product that monitors your purchase and consumption habits to get you to spend even more on ordering services or whatever nonsense their fridge does, to give better advice than a persons own body, even when said body is not working properly with signaling, or has been otherwise hijacked by empty foods… I’d sooner trust even the worst malfunctioning body than this nonsense.