> OR at least you should be required to prominently mark the devices as "dependent on the manufacturer's servers"
Right next to the prominent label about causing cancer in the state of California, presumably.
I feel a notice wouldn't work here because the average consumer wouldn't understand the implications of depending on the manufacturer's servers or what it even means, plus every smart doorbell or whatever would just include it so it's not like it'd affect any consumer's choice
Yeah these labeling requirements only work if you operate under the assumption companies will be truthful. But if they're truthful, we wouldn't require labels in the first place, they'd just do them. So it's dead in the water.