- Rating
- Bleh
- Working title
- The App for the Thing That Has One Button
- Subject
- Home gadgets that need an account, an app and updates before doing a basic job.
- What the piece would argue
- A device with one physical purpose should not require a small software relationship before it lets you use it.
- Why it fits Bleh
- It catches a real modern irritation without pretending it is the end of civilisation.
- Possible opening line
- I do not want a relationship with the thing that turns the lamp on.