e.w. niedermeyer: ok I'm not mad about software for bicycles anymore, now I'm mad about software for shoes

ok I'm not mad about software for bicycles anymore, now I'm mad about software for shoes

Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile app - https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/4/24192184/nike-adapt-bb-shoes-sneakers-apple-android-app

Nike’s self-lacing Adapt BB sneakers are losing their remote control mobile appwww.theverge.com These $350 smart shoes are getting a little dumber.

somehow my smart shoes have me feeling mighty foolish

Crocs would never do this to you

they're the silliest AND the smartest shoes

Crocs are amazing. So ugly and so useful

i wasted 20 years mocking crocs when i could have worn them the whole time and my feet would have been so happy. but i've seen the error of my ways now.

Smart shoes must be for idiots?

IIRC they were developed as an accessibility aid for folks who can't tie their shoes in the usual ways. Elena Delle Donne attempted to solve the same problem with her shoe, but via low-tech Velcro and pliable openings.

actually I'm wrong. I'm thinking of a different shoe than the adapt, the flyease. which is good ig because an accessibility focused product getting axed and EOL'd would've been much worse!!

flyease rules, my flyease jordan 1's are one of my favorite pairs

Ah, I apologize for assuming that. I always assume 'needlessly high tec mundane items' are designed to extract money from the gullible rich.

turns out you were right, I misremembered. that's exactly what it is 🤦‍♀️

Where is my app for my shoes, oh I dropped the phone in my dumb shoes again.

Smart shoes? You be trippin'

"I can't run today, North Korea hacked my footwear."

Nike doesn't want to pay its AWS bill anymore so I'm gonna have to crawl over, might take me a minute

This is why I only get open source shoes. Using vim to configure my laces makes me a better runner.

emacs has better shoe macros

Imagine getting your footwear bricked.

their what

Also, self what

I'm no tech guy but there needs to be some version of "right to repair" where if a company drops app support, they have to provide an open source version.

SaaS (software as a sneaker)

Sneakers (1992)

Imagine dying because someone hacked your shoes

"gonna have to take a rain check, my shoes decided to auto-update"

I saw this and immediately thought about your earlier bike post. “The internet of shit” really shining through today.

I'm so glad I don't need Smart Shoes. I would like my ebike to drive itself to the store when I run out of Dr Pepper Zero.

WT actual F?

Oh dear me, the problems of the rich. It really makes you think... That maybe my WalMart shoes don't suck so bad after all.

I'm just made at software. Period.

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