I wasn’t going to say anything but I got triggered by your last paragraph.
I don’t come to HN to read glowing reviews of barely launched startups. There’s plenty of that out there if you’re looking for it and it all sounds the same anyway. Success porn crap.
I come to HN to see if other people like me think something is a piece of shit or if it’s actually decent, and why.
If everything that comes through here got two thumbs up HN would cease to be a reliable indicator of things worth my time or money.
You’re creating a false dichotomy between “two thumbs up” and “piece of shit”. There is an in between. There’s a LOT of in between. The commenter here is asking for constructive criticism, not a pandering two thumbs up. We can do better than “piece of shit”.
The key criticisms throughout the comments seem to fall into these quite legitimate categories:
1. Privacy concerns of an always on device in the home.
2. Removing the benefits of remote working such as flexibility.
3. Increased company/management control over employee actions and movement.
4. Overcharging for an existing device plus an app and calling it "new hardware".
Not sure why any of these are not valid criticisms. In fact it seems you are the one taking an extreme position simply because you don't like the criticisms.
I don’t come to HN to read glowing reviews of barely launched startups. There’s plenty of that out there if you’re looking for it and it all sounds the same anyway. Success porn crap.
I come to HN to see if other people like me think something is a piece of shit or if it’s actually decent, and why.
If everything that comes through here got two thumbs up HN would cease to be a reliable indicator of things worth my time or money.