I am hearing this nonsense more and more this year starting from solar panel inverters and especially for things that don't need broadband.
I feel like having a right scream and shout at the next person who tells me in person:
"To do this, you need an app on your pc/phone whatever" "first you need to create a account 'on the cloud'
![Bullshit Detector :bullshit:](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/BullshitDetector.gif)
, sign in, download an app, sign into that, do this and that, enter your location... " Internal thought: F*** off. I am not going to. You can forget it.
Restaurant... Peel this sticker and win this prize. Okay I look at it to find, "need to download "the app", and registration... name,
phone number, address and proof of identity... etc"
Internal thought: Rubbish. What waste time reading it in the first place.
Television adverts: It's all free and easy, all you need is to download "app" register your name and address blah blah blah.
Internal though: It's easier and much more free not to do anything.
Youtube advert yesterday: "Smiley lady: Businesses are moving to the cloud...."
Joke: If they are physically moving to the cloud then that is impossible because there is nothing in the sky up there to support them and that speaks for access to their data and use if they have no infrastructure in house and find they need it one day.
Anybody noticing an increase in this nonsense?