Our energy company offers $50 to sign up to give them access to your smart home thermostat, so that they can automatically adjust it in times when energy is in higher demand. Of course, they state that the homeowner will have “full control and authority to override this automatic function”. Yeah-not buying that. I’m not giving up control…
Our energy company offers $50 to sign up to give them access to your smart home thermostat, so that they can automatically adjust it in times when energy is in higher demand. Of course, they state that the homeowner will have “full control and authority to override this automatic function”. Yeah-not buying that. I’m not giving up control of my thermostat to anyone and especially not for $50. Though that is substantially more than was paid out to me for LifeLabs (basically the monopoly for lab testing in the province of British Columbia) in compensation in a class action for a major data breach of personal health information. The offering was $7 per person, of which I received $5 because (and I kid you not), I refused to give the company my banking information for direct deposit 😂People need to wake up-we are being told we need to go to a one world digital ID system, which will hold all our personal and financial information. Yet when it is breached, your personal information is only worth $7 to them. We must fight back and not comply with this agenda!
So glad you are seeing through their control-grabbing 'incentives', Sunflower!
Here in Michigan, our energy provider offered us $500.00 per thermostat as a 'rebate', but it required that we register not only the receipt and model number of the thermostat, but serial number and some other number that I didn't understand. My husband said "No way!". So we ate the loss.
Also, we purchased a lower end EV last year, which we DID claim a federal tax credit for. However, a level 2 charging port was necessary, and there was, of course, a big rebate and 'special money-saving rates' offered by the energy company, but they required a high level of information, and installation of the 'app' that was provided with the charger. So, we didn't install the 'convenient' 'app', and we just plug and unplug the cord manually. Yes we lost out on $1000. rebate, and don't have the 'convenience' of using an 'app' to schedule charging. But that's price of flying under radar!
It truly is! The whole 'internet of things' system they're pushing with most household appliances now is another example.
When our old refrigerator finally broke down past being economically repairable, we had to really shop around to find an older model 'dumb' replacement.
I have a “smart” dishwasher that I refuse to hook up to our wifi! I don’t need their smart features. If I forget to turn on dishwasher before I go to bed, I just walk back to the kitchen and turn it on. I do not Alexa, Siri or anyone else listening in my house. All of that is disabled. Also we decided to get a heat pump instead of a regular air con last summer. Forfeited the rebates though because we refused to have our gas furnace disabled. Two things both make my spider senses go up 1. They says it’s for my health or safety 2. They say it’s for my convenience and will make my life easier.
I say the same. And I would add, my spidey senses go up when they say "it's for the planet." I do actually care about the planet. But that doesn't mean that the government, or some corporation, saying I should do XY or Z for the planet are actually up to doing anything that actually has to do with the planet's well-being. Maybe. But more likely not.
I think it is pretty safe to assume that the hypocrites upstairs who admonish the little guy to "do things for the planet" don't care about the planet even one bit, except the ways how to use the planet as a "resource" for them but not for the peasants.
Very wise! It sounds like your household has the same evasive tactics that ours does.
We have all disabled Siri as much as humanly possible on our phones, we use an ancient remote on our TV, no apps installed for any 'smart' items around the house. No echo, Alexa, etc.
Our energy company offers $50 to sign up to give them access to your smart home thermostat, so that they can automatically adjust it in times when energy is in higher demand. Of course, they state that the homeowner will have “full control and authority to override this automatic function”. Yeah-not buying that. I’m not giving up control of my thermostat to anyone and especially not for $50. Though that is substantially more than was paid out to me for LifeLabs (basically the monopoly for lab testing in the province of British Columbia) in compensation in a class action for a major data breach of personal health information. The offering was $7 per person, of which I received $5 because (and I kid you not), I refused to give the company my banking information for direct deposit 😂People need to wake up-we are being told we need to go to a one world digital ID system, which will hold all our personal and financial information. Yet when it is breached, your personal information is only worth $7 to them. We must fight back and not comply with this agenda!
Wow, 5 dollars, you must have felt very important to those people! :)
So glad you are seeing through their control-grabbing 'incentives', Sunflower!
Here in Michigan, our energy provider offered us $500.00 per thermostat as a 'rebate', but it required that we register not only the receipt and model number of the thermostat, but serial number and some other number that I didn't understand. My husband said "No way!". So we ate the loss.
Also, we purchased a lower end EV last year, which we DID claim a federal tax credit for. However, a level 2 charging port was necessary, and there was, of course, a big rebate and 'special money-saving rates' offered by the energy company, but they required a high level of information, and installation of the 'app' that was provided with the charger. So, we didn't install the 'convenient' 'app', and we just plug and unplug the cord manually. Yes we lost out on $1000. rebate, and don't have the 'convenience' of using an 'app' to schedule charging. But that's price of flying under radar!
Good for you! The level of surveillance greed is obnoxious
It truly is! The whole 'internet of things' system they're pushing with most household appliances now is another example.
When our old refrigerator finally broke down past being economically repairable, we had to really shop around to find an older model 'dumb' replacement.
I have a “smart” dishwasher that I refuse to hook up to our wifi! I don’t need their smart features. If I forget to turn on dishwasher before I go to bed, I just walk back to the kitchen and turn it on. I do not Alexa, Siri or anyone else listening in my house. All of that is disabled. Also we decided to get a heat pump instead of a regular air con last summer. Forfeited the rebates though because we refused to have our gas furnace disabled. Two things both make my spider senses go up 1. They says it’s for my health or safety 2. They say it’s for my convenience and will make my life easier.
# DoNotComply
I say the same. And I would add, my spidey senses go up when they say "it's for the planet." I do actually care about the planet. But that doesn't mean that the government, or some corporation, saying I should do XY or Z for the planet are actually up to doing anything that actually has to do with the planet's well-being. Maybe. But more likely not.
I think it is pretty safe to assume that the hypocrites upstairs who admonish the little guy to "do things for the planet" don't care about the planet even one bit, except the ways how to use the planet as a "resource" for them but not for the peasants.
Very wise! It sounds like your household has the same evasive tactics that ours does.
We have all disabled Siri as much as humanly possible on our phones, we use an ancient remote on our TV, no apps installed for any 'smart' items around the house. No echo, Alexa, etc.
Vive la vie privee!