I just need a fridge that cools food, not a fridge that texts me when I run out of milk. Thankfully both exist. I just need a microwave that heats food, not a microwave that i can livestream from. Both still exist But I have a question. Why do they wanna make microwaves that I can livestream from? is there really that high of a demand?
I suspect the real purpose for this is to make sure that the manufacturer will have the ability to hold features hostage behind a subscription paywall.
@@Koltyn But without phone capabilities on a washing machine, people will be stuck using devices like smartphones to make and receive phone calls. How are they to cope with being stuck with a small device that is easy to carry around, instead of a 300+ lb appliance?
all most of these companies have to do is update their Terms of Service and just like that the things you thought you have paid for become theirs and you’re SOL
They barely touched on the other issue with the "Smart" AI screens in appliances. Once Samsung drops support for it in a few years, now they're (even more) useless. What smart devices from 2014 are still supported? Not many! But appliances should last more than 10 years.
If manufacturers really want to make an appliance smart then at least they could go the Sharp Carousel multiple choice route, completely offline, just a small local database to look up recipes and cooking programmes. But alas they have shareholders to think about.
@@badi1220 My worry is that the end game will be subscriptions to unlock the full capability of an appliance. There is no way that these companies are not looking at the software industry and taking notes. I mean didn't BMW just experiment with subscription heated seats recently?
"Your beloved one's corpse has been rotting well for the last 3 months, a picture was automatically posted to his/her social network! Here's the timelapse of the rotting process:" "Unfortunately your premium subscription free trial has expired! Without it, the Smart Casket A.I. can't function and the lid may open at random without our surveillance A.I. enabled, click here to renew it for 199,99 monthly!"
Depends on the product or service. Some services, mostly software that requires server space, legitimately do need a subscription model to remain viable to support. Server space isn't free, ongoing development isn't free. The alternative is being shown ads, and/or having your data sold off. Now, if I need a subscription to store someone like video data from a camera when I should really be able to host it locally? Now that's completely unnecessary and definitely warrants a negative mark, possibly multiple for data security.
No wifi connected toaster? These wifi connected devices love to build and report profiles on each user's life. That wifi connected washing machine can tell you have one less person in your house because of your divorce which is useful for targeted advertising. That fridge knows when you have family over because the kids start playing the useless games on the fridge, which is useful for targeted advertising. Those baby connected devices can infer what type of lifestyle a new parent adopts which is useful for advertising. Did I mention advertising?
guys! Targeted advertising by itself is not bad, in fact i prefer targeted advertising by a mile over the unfiltered crap i used to see on tv. The real problem begins when all this data is used for scamming us. Which can can be anything like advertising unreasonably priced useless things to believers, stealing peoples money or credentials, blackmail....
Our Samsung refrigerator has *some* sort of features that would use an Android or iOS app to access them. Requiring, of course, connecting to a Samsung account. Needless to say, I didn't install or activate it.
The first award talking about how environmentally disastrous AI is was extremely refreshing to hear said out loud by a tech related organization. Thank y'all for doing this important work
We used to have a bunch of different things that did one thing, then we consolidated them into things like smart phones. its not always bad if a device can fill multiple roles.
I used to carry an mp3 player and a phone. They combined the two. Then they removed the headphone jack, and made the overal experience worse for both (call quality now is shittier than on a Noka 3310 and BT audio is de facto shittier than something with a good cable) So no, I kinda agree with the statement tbh
The whole show is an answer to questions no-one asked. It seems like the whole industry is getting its inspiration from one cartoon that aired in the early 1960's, The Jetsons.
To be fair, the biggest concern I had when I had newborn in the house was when will I have time to practice my nose manuals? If I had this bosch device, I could have done it worry-free!
Would be nice if the trophy was presented at a stage to the CEO. And then before the CEO left the stage the trophy was already broken and they were forced to buy a new one off course with enormous waiting times and a huge bill, while the CEO cannot go on with his live while waiting.
For the "Razzies" (Golden Raspberry Awards), Halle Berry actually DID show up to accept her award. And her acceptance speech was hilarious. But that was because of something her grandmother had told her; "if you can't accept the criticism, you don't deserve the praise" (or something like that). Of course, corporate CEOs are all about flogging their own egos, and pushing unneeded and unwanted products on a gullible public.
I'm over here trying to figure out why the promo video for the baby basinet features some random dude doing a reverse wheelie on a bicycle. EXTREME CHILDCARE!
"with a suite of sensors, it will be able to tell you when your baby has pooped" top tips if its crying, its either hungry, dirty or tired if you needed a.i. to work some of this out, perhaps a baby wasnt the best life decision
How about the TV held to the wall (glass wall, like we all have) with suction cups. The pressure in each of the 4 suction cups is precisely managed by electronics in the TV. Until the power goes out...
It's delightful, truly, to see time spent on pointing out the really BAD ideas that some companies are trying to convince us we can't live without. I wonder in a few years how difficult it will be to buy some basic gear WITHOUT some of this non-sense.
The problem with "technology" in our home goods is that companies won't just build a good refrigerator with a display in the door that can be used as a family calendar/tv/whiteboard etc. Adding a display, a camera or two, and/or wireless communications should not be a terrible risk to reliability or repairability. Especially for the appliance's primary mission. Why does it always have to be integrated in a way that works against consumer interests? That's where regulation needs to focus. I would love a refrigerator that has a display in the door, reports internal temperatures and door open/close status to my smart home automation system. But never at the expense of it being a great refrigerator.
I think if I wanted an electronic notification/calendar board on my refrigerator, I'd use an old or knockoff Android tablet running my own configuration, and find a way to mount it on the refrigerator.
@ wait, wait, wait …. You mean to tell me that all the’d have to do is provide a recess (mounting adapters could be 3D printed or sold separately for popular tablets…) and a USB C port? Or consumers that want no such thing could leave a blank pane installed there? 😉 I was thinking larger than a typical tablet though. Something you wouldn’t have to squint at from 3 meters away just to see how many grams of baking powder to add or what time little Susie has cheer practice. Just a generic display that can accept a Chromecast or AirPlay2 connection would do nicely.
Hey guys remember all those thriller movies from the late 90's and early 00's where the worst nightmare imaginable was intelligent computers surveilling you at all times? Good thing we never let that happen in real life.
The only smart feature a fridge really needs, is a thermometer, so that I can see, if the temps move out of food safe tolerances and can take measures accordingly. One could retrofit this very easily by shoving a Zigbee hygrometer in there, but the battery doesn't like the cold environment and sending signals from within a metal box isn't ideal either, so having the fridge handle this would be fine. If this feature breaks, the smart fridge becomes a regular fridge.
"Worlds first luxury smart ring" i don't think they could've picked a worse marketing slogan Oh maybe "why buy a smart ring when you can buy a smart ring that costs more!"
Its getting to the point that repair shops will just throw their hands up and screw this.. what's the point of repairing... might as well join in the movement to create more e-waste instead....
Why do some of these people that are presumably quite tech savvy have the worst possible cameras? Do they just love repair so much that they use their webcam from 2005 because it "still works"? I'm all for repair, but not for devices that are extremely outdated such that the quality/experience suffers heavily!
@Polite_Cat Teach savvy people prefer a computer without wabcam for security reasons my laptop has no webcam and when I need a webcam I use my wabcam from 2005
@@pearan no lol they really dont its called a physical filter. just because you dont see the value in buying decent hardware doesnt mean you have to be a snooty ass about it. also tech as you put it "savvy people" dont just go webcam free nor do infosec experts.
@@Polite_Cat You basically answered your own question. If it aint broke don't fix/upgrade it! Saves on your wallet and the headache of dealing with features no-one truly wants.
Regular human: " Hey tech companies, can you make a robot vacuum cleaner that does not require internet connection, cleans it self and also does stairs? i would buy that for about 2000€" Tech companies: "Sorry no, but you can make calls with your washing machine and fridge!" "Hey, wait! why are you leaving?! ITS YOUR FAULT WE ARE GOING BANKRUPT!"
This is amazing, Please keep doing this for every CES! XD (adding my reactions to the video) Wow I did not know that about tp-link, can't believe I almost bought one of their routers. Incredible a piece of jewelry that cost the same (or more) as a pure gold ring, but becomes worthless after a little while!
I feel like all brand are trying so hard to find a use case for AI now that the tech is in the corporate hand. I've been there since we're still actively researching it 8 years ago. Back then it look really cool, like summarizing thing, analyze image to find things, recreate 3D stuff from 2D images, etc. But now corporate doing what corporate does best, obsession, making it the "meh, nobody care" now.
I have to admit. I have ADHD and a smart fridge that keeps a "stock" of my groceries and warns me before they expire will be a god sent. not worth the AI crap and the privacy of course, but in a good world, I'd grab one.
If you can't manage your basic grocery shopping and are unable to read a sell by date then no amount of AI is going to help you. What you need is a wife/husband who can think for you.
Wait until windows 11 gets forced upon us! All of the cpus that use to have Windows 10 are going to be great for repair shops.. NOT! It'll be a HORROR SHOW. Coming to this October 2025! YIPEE!!!
CES has always seemed super depressing and dystopian to me. It's like Radio Shack in the 1990s, but without any of the practical products (like AA batteries) and scaled up 1000x.
I love this series! I wish there was more production value and branding effort put into it as I really think more people should know and care about these awards.
iFixit, why are there affiliate links in your video description for some of these 'worst in show' products? Have you added these yourselves? Is this something UA-cam generated automatically in your video and description? What's going on here?
I have it on mine(yt mobile app), for the first 2 products. Some say they don't have it. Could be from yt itself. Edit: Oh yeah, the description. I thought just the pop ups on screen(video).
Buying the least smart product is great advice! The previous owner of my house left us an old refrigerator. That was 25 years ago and it’s never needed repairs and it still runs great. Our main refrigerator is about 7 years old. We’ve replaced the compressor twice and have had the automatic ice maker and in door water dispenser fixed five or six times. Modern appliances are crap.
I can't believe how emotional this video made me feel. An informative, succinct video by REAL people who actually deeply care about their work, the industry they're in, and the wellbeing of their viewers? It feels like such a rarity these days. Please, keep doing what you do!
Nah, in the US too many people prefer buying bottled water for $2.5 from a stand, and toss it away 30" later, rather than drink from the public water fountain next to it...
@@raphofthehills4405To be fair, public fountains are often not cleaned properly in the US. But in that case, why not just buy reusable water bottles? Hydro Flask and those Stanley cups come to mind. I've had my Hydro Flask for years.
Batteries have finite lifespans before you can't stand how quickly they run out. My Ringconn ring lasts something like ten or eleven days between charges, so even a 100 cycle until 80% figure wouldn't bother me in the slightest. It really is amazing how long it runs on a single charge. It was also about 10% the price of that ridiculous Ultra Human. (No monthly subscription fee, either.)
My smart fridge is fully repairable and upgradeable, costs the same as a regular fridge, is easy to use, and can be used anywhere! The secret is its modular design which allows the smart module to be completely detached from the fridge itself. The fridge and the smart module both can be replaced with any of hundreds of different models and brands. The module fits in your pocket and is any ordinary smartphone. I mean, sure, it can't automatically monitor the food, but I have a nose.
Despite all possible commitments to repairability, sustainability and fair use of resources, the last speaker’s webcam is definitely good for trash and needs an upgrade.
Even in stores I noticed a trend of "smart" fridges that remove useful features such as an ice maker and water dispenser to have a larger surface for an android tablet in the door.
I’ve heard this elsewhere but one of the comments I hear a lot pertaining to this topic is companies innovating themselves out of business. When companies add useless features to products to draw attention that, as already stated, increase cost and complexity.
5:59 Samsung: “We have phones. We have washing machines. We have TVs… what if we built a phone and TV into a washing machine?!?” Samsung VP: “Genius. Let’s do it. 💰”
How difficult is it for tech companies to just make a simple fridge where each shelf has touch buttons for two or three 8-segment displays with an LED light that goes green/yellow/orange/red depending on the amount of days you add to the count-down timer for each shelf. This way at a glance you can tell which ingredient needs using first and you don't need an app for anything - you just add a few days or weeks to the side of the shelf that you add a new item before closing the door. Maybe have a small replaceable LCD on the outside of the door with a readout of all the timers. I don't need the fridge to be connected to the internet or receive calls - I already have a smart phone for that. I just need to know how much time a shelf item has left.
Hey just letting you know that an affiliate link for the ultra human right air showed up on the UA-cam video linking to Walmart lol. Thanks for the video and caring about repair!
The baby monitors are great. They have false positives. That's fine. I'd much rather have a false positive than a false negative. The alarm doesn't mean "your baby is dead." It means "check your baby."
Samsung washing machine sounds about right 😂 Sad to hear about TP-Link. I trusted the brand for sometime since there aren't any reliable options here. I guess that gotta change.
The TP-Link thing seems like a somewhat arbitrary and 'tin-foil hat' based concern. I'm sure there are some really really terrible products at CES. What about all the AI/Wi-Fi connected devices which report back to their company owners on what you're watching or how many of bottles of milk are stored in your fridge. 🤷♂️
Yep, going to continue supporting companies that produce simple appliances that do the job you need them to do. You know, refrigerator that keeps your food from spoiling. Washing machine that washes your clothes. I avoid these "smart" appliances like the plague.
"Buy the LEAST smart product you can find" - EXCELLENT advice. EXCELLENT.
The problem is even *FINDING* any.
With kitchen appliances that's going to be easy, but with tv's is another story.
televisions don't apply for that
I just wish more things worked in an isolated home assistant network as opposed to having to talk to a server.
I just need a fridge that cools food, not a fridge that texts me when I run out of milk. Thankfully both exist.
I just need a microwave that heats food, not a microwave that i can livestream from. Both still exist
But I have a question. Why do they wanna make microwaves that I can livestream from? is there really that high of a demand?
Simone doing this was the last thing I expected but I feel like I should have expected thinking about it now.
My thoughts exactly! "Oh, it's Simone! I didn't expect that but, yeah, that tracks."
I was like wait is that??
robotnik ahhh line
Yeah absolutely.
Wait what? Hmmm, actually yeah no, I see it now.
I thought I was on the wrong channel, and then I laughed. Totally tracks.
Being able to take a phone call on your washing machine is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
Pain in the ass to carry with you too.
I don't even want to take a phone call on my phone. Letting the loudest appliance in my home do it is insane.
I suspect the real purpose for this is to make sure that the manufacturer will have the ability to hold features hostage behind a subscription paywall.
WHHHAAAT DID YOU SAY??? SORRY ITS ON THE SPIN CYCLE NOW!!
@@Koltyn But without phone capabilities on a washing machine, people will be stuck using devices like smartphones to make and receive phone calls. How are they to cope with being stuck with a small device that is easy to carry around, instead of a 300+ lb appliance?
Now this is the CES coverage I want. AI everything is the dumbest crap and the perfect Trojan horse for the complete surveillance state
I just don't get it. Consumers don't want AI, there are very few clear uses for it, but it's being forced in to everything? Why?
all most of these companies have to do is update their Terms of Service and just like that the things you thought you have paid for become theirs and you’re SOL
I was going to say "I think you mean surveillance industry" until i remembered that the corporations ARE the state.
You're on youtube, a google product. You've already accepted the trojan horse into your home
hardly a trojan horse
This made me realise how much I despise the modern tech industry
Humane Ai Pin......
Don't worry
TEC cash grab is not something new
Welcome to the club.
Hello Darth Nihilus
I thought the future was gonna be cool 10 years ago...
They barely touched on the other issue with the "Smart" AI screens in appliances. Once Samsung drops support for it in a few years, now they're (even more) useless. What smart devices from 2014 are still supported? Not many! But appliances should last more than 10 years.
Very true!
If manufacturers really want to make an appliance smart then at least they could go the Sharp Carousel multiple choice route, completely offline, just a small local database to look up recipes and cooking programmes. But alas they have shareholders to think about.
@@badi1220 My worry is that the end game will be subscriptions to unlock the full capability of an appliance. There is no way that these companies are not looking at the software industry and taking notes.
I mean didn't BMW just experiment with subscription heated seats recently?
Bot nets will continue to support them, you just wait
Appliances should remain useful until they break not until they lose support. I hate what these companies are doing
Waiting for 'smart caskets' where they have a TV screen on the lid, touch controls, RGB lights, and wifi options...
Don't forget AI...
"Your beloved one's corpse has been rotting well for the last 3 months, a picture was automatically posted to his/her social network! Here's the timelapse of the rotting process:"
"Unfortunately your premium subscription free trial has expired! Without it, the Smart Casket A.I. can't function and the lid may open at random without our surveillance A.I. enabled, click here to renew it for 199,99 monthly!"
@@Skobeloff...Absolutely mandatory! AI will be able to recognize when you suddenly come back to life in a few hundred years.😂
Hold my beer!
Your loved-ones pay for the subscription services into eternity.
I think all subscription base products should be placed on this list
The category "economy" missing.
You will own nothing and be happy.
Depends on the product or service. Some services, mostly software that requires server space, legitimately do need a subscription model to remain viable to support. Server space isn't free, ongoing development isn't free. The alternative is being shown ads, and/or having your data sold off.
Now, if I need a subscription to store someone like video data from a camera when I should really be able to host it locally? Now that's completely unnecessary and definitely warrants a negative mark, possibly multiple for data security.
getting youtube's new "ai-generated video summary" box under this video, and having it be factually wrong, is really the icing on the cake
No wifi connected toaster? These wifi connected devices love to build and report profiles on each user's life. That wifi connected washing machine can tell you have one less person in your house because of your divorce which is useful for targeted advertising. That fridge knows when you have family over because the kids start playing the useless games on the fridge, which is useful for targeted advertising. Those baby connected devices can infer what type of lifestyle a new parent adopts which is useful for advertising. Did I mention advertising?
The last sentence got me.
Not to mention, with a wifi-connected toaster, a hacker from the other side of the world can burn down your house with the push of a button.
Did you mention advertising?
guys! Targeted advertising by itself is not bad, in fact i prefer targeted advertising by a mile over the unfiltered crap i used to see on tv. The real problem begins when all this data is used for scamming us. Which can can be anything like advertising unreasonably priced useless things to believers, stealing peoples money or credentials, blackmail....
Our Samsung refrigerator has *some* sort of features that would use an Android or iOS app to access them. Requiring, of course, connecting to a Samsung account. Needless to say, I didn't install or activate it.
The first award talking about how environmentally disastrous AI is was extremely refreshing to hear said out loud by a tech related organization. Thank y'all for doing this important work
Last advise is spot on. If an appliance does just one thing, get the least complicated version of it, preferably with durable components.
We used to have a bunch of different things that did one thing, then we consolidated them into things like smart phones. its not always bad if a device can fill multiple roles.
I used to carry an mp3 player and a phone. They combined the two. Then they removed the headphone jack, and made the overal experience worse for both (call quality now is shittier than on a Noka 3310 and BT audio is de facto shittier than something with a good cable) So no, I kinda agree with the statement tbh
@MatvaNabor Can still get wired audio, just takes your charging port.
3:10 Why is UA-cam recommending me TP-Link products as the company is receiving "The Worst Device for Security" award?😂
They want to distract you.
China owns google and google owns youtube and youtube owns you.
Because the adtech business is the worst of scams
"Any publicity is good publicity! Buy now!"
Nah regardless of any device if you use it beyond it's means it's no longer secured.
Screens everywhere vision? More like advertisement everywhere (eventually)😂
Some day we have to smash them like in the old Apple commercial
honestly that is one of the least attractive proposal ive heard in a while. Let me flood my life with light and advertisements for what again?
UA-cam ran ads in the corner for all of these terrible products.
it reminds me that google is one of these tech companies! always finding ways to push more ads onto us
The whole show is an answer to questions no-one asked. It seems like the whole industry is getting its inspiration from one cartoon that aired in the early 1960's, The Jetsons.
mostly they are leveraging new stuff as an avenue into subscriptions and data harvesting.
If we aren't also getting the Jetsons three hour workweek, what's the point?
The BMX nose manual at 4:49 is the most unintentionally funny thing I’ve seen in a minute. wtf
thanks for sharing, I missed that... WTF indeed! and it looks like a clip from the Bosch video itself. Maybe the crib AI made the video for itself
The song they played over it is burned into my mind "Like a bosch!....Like a bosch!"
To be fair, the biggest concern I had when I had newborn in the house was when will I have time to practice my nose manuals? If I had this bosch device, I could have done it worry-free!
@@RocketboyXand right next to the sleeping baby! Win-win
@@RocketboyX if it wasn't for those pesky kids you could have gotten away with um, becoming an an X-Games champion?
Would be nice if the trophy was presented at a stage to the CEO. And then before the CEO left the stage the trophy was already broken and they were forced to buy a new one off course with enormous waiting times and a huge bill, while the CEO cannot go on with his live while waiting.
For the "Razzies" (Golden Raspberry Awards), Halle Berry actually DID show up to accept her award. And her acceptance speech was hilarious. But that was because of something her grandmother had told her; "if you can't accept the criticism, you don't deserve the praise" (or something like that).
Of course, corporate CEOs are all about flogging their own egos, and pushing unneeded and unwanted products on a gullible public.
I'm over here trying to figure out why the promo video for the baby basinet features some random dude doing a reverse wheelie on a bicycle. EXTREME CHILDCARE!
"with a suite of sensors, it will be able to tell you when your baby has pooped"
top tips
if its crying, its either hungry, dirty or tired
if you needed a.i. to work some of this out, perhaps a baby wasnt the best life decision
How about the TV held to the wall (glass wall, like we all have) with suction cups. The pressure in each of the 4 suction cups is precisely managed by electronics in the TV. Until the power goes out...
That one was a top contender, because it has an unreplaceable battery now 😨
Don't worry, gravity shuts off along with power... oh wait.
That has an 8 hour battery life, so it will fall off the wall at 3am and wake you up. And then you can order a new one!
I read that and thought that was a joke....
Wait
Missed opertunity to have louis Rossman give an award
Probably don't want the controversy of someone who has bad takes on just about everything except right to repair.
mayhaps they asked and he delegated it to a subordinate to give them a chance to be in the limelight? Spread some of the popularity around his staff.
He was too busy ranting about his cat.
He probably doesn’t tick the right DEI/ESG boxes.
That or Steve at GamersNexus.
Products for investors, not humans.
Did I just dehumanize investors? Yep, I did.
It's delightful, truly, to see time spent on pointing out the really BAD ideas that some companies are trying to convince us we can't live without. I wonder in a few years how difficult it will be to buy some basic gear WITHOUT some of this non-sense.
The problem with "technology" in our home goods is that companies won't just build a good refrigerator with a display in the door that can be used as a family calendar/tv/whiteboard etc. Adding a display, a camera or two, and/or wireless communications should not be a terrible risk to reliability or repairability. Especially for the appliance's primary mission. Why does it always have to be integrated in a way that works against consumer interests? That's where regulation needs to focus. I would love a refrigerator that has a display in the door, reports internal temperatures and door open/close status to my smart home automation system. But never at the expense of it being a great refrigerator.
I think if I wanted an electronic notification/calendar board on my refrigerator, I'd use an old or knockoff Android tablet running my own configuration, and find a way to mount it on the refrigerator.
@ wait, wait, wait …. You mean to tell me that all the’d have to do is provide a recess (mounting adapters could be 3D printed or sold separately for popular tablets…) and a USB C port? Or consumers that want no such thing could leave a blank pane installed there? 😉
I was thinking larger than a typical tablet though. Something you wouldn’t have to squint at from 3 meters away just to see how many grams of baking powder to add or what time little Susie has cheer practice. Just a generic display that can accept a Chromecast or AirPlay2 connection would do nicely.
@@GoFastGator we have that, it's called a phone
@@GoFastGatorJUST USE A WHITEBOARD ON YOUR FRIDGE YOU FOOL
Velcro a tablet to your existing fridge.
I want for this to be a weekly show. There's useless and harmful stuff introduced all year long. CES is just enshittification Christmas.
You could turn this into a daily show and still never run out of material.
Hey guys remember all those thriller movies from the late 90's and early 00's where the worst nightmare imaginable was intelligent computers surveilling you at all times? Good thing we never let that happen in real life.
I remember when the concept of hacking someone's oven was too ridiculous even for the movies that wanted to be ridiculous.
fun to see simone hosting this!
Why would I ever want to talk on the phone next to a noisy washer machine!?
The only smart feature a fridge really needs, is a thermometer, so that I can see, if the temps move out of food safe tolerances and can take measures accordingly. One could retrofit this very easily by shoving a Zigbee hygrometer in there, but the battery doesn't like the cold environment and sending signals from within a metal box isn't ideal either, so having the fridge handle this would be fine. If this feature breaks, the smart fridge becomes a regular fridge.
They pick on a ring that almost no one owns, but seem to ignore Bluetooth earbuds without replacable batteries that many more people own.
show me earbuds that cost $2200...
@@mchenrynick @ I thought the concern was disposable electronic waste regardless of its cost, but okay.
"Worlds first luxury smart ring" i don't think they could've picked a worse marketing slogan
Oh maybe "why buy a smart ring when you can buy a smart ring that costs more!"
Its getting to the point that repair shops will just throw their hands up and screw this.. what's the point of repairing... might as well join in the movement to create more e-waste instead....
Simone! What a pleasant surprise!
Worst webcam of all starts at 6:40
Came to the comments for this.
Why do some of these people that are presumably quite tech savvy have the worst possible cameras? Do they just love repair so much that they use their webcam from 2005 because it "still works"? I'm all for repair, but not for devices that are extremely outdated such that the quality/experience suffers heavily!
@Polite_Cat Teach savvy people prefer a computer without wabcam for security reasons my laptop has no webcam and when I need a webcam I use my wabcam from 2005
@@pearan no lol they really dont its called a physical filter. just because you dont see the value in buying decent hardware doesnt mean you have to be a snooty ass about it. also tech as you put it "savvy people" dont just go webcam free nor do infosec experts.
@@Polite_Cat You basically answered your own question. If it aint broke don't fix/upgrade it!
Saves on your wallet and the headache of dealing with features no-one truly wants.
We need more of these Worst In Show videos overall.
Regular human:
" Hey tech companies, can you make a robot vacuum cleaner that does not require internet connection, cleans it self and also does stairs? i would buy that for about 2000€"
Tech companies:
"Sorry no, but you can make calls with your washing machine and fridge!"
"Hey, wait! why are you leaving?! ITS YOUR FAULT WE ARE GOING BANKRUPT!"
This is amazing, Please keep doing this for every CES! XD (adding my reactions to the video) Wow I did not know that about tp-link, can't believe I almost bought one of their routers. Incredible a piece of jewelry that cost the same (or more) as a pure gold ring, but becomes worthless after a little while!
Some much needed common sense in todays media and journalism
I feel like all brand are trying so hard to find a use case for AI now that the tech is in the corporate hand. I've been there since we're still actively researching it 8 years ago. Back then it look really cool, like summarizing thing, analyze image to find things, recreate 3D stuff from 2D images, etc. But now corporate doing what corporate does best, obsession, making it the "meh, nobody care" now.
A solution in search of a problem.
I have to admit. I have ADHD and a smart fridge that keeps a "stock" of my groceries and warns me before they expire will be a god sent. not worth the AI crap and the privacy of course, but in a good world, I'd grab one.
This could probably be adapted into existing fridges using an old tablet and a camera.
If you can't manage your basic grocery shopping and are unable to read a sell by date then no amount of AI is going to help you. What you need is a wife/husband who can think for you.
The only smart thing i want in my fridge is a door and temperature alarm.
I hope, most of these are just for the show, can't imagine enough people to create demand for such ridiculous products to make it work at scale.
Wait until windows 11 gets forced upon us! All of the cpus that use to have Windows 10 are going to be great for repair shops.. NOT! It'll be a HORROR SHOW. Coming to this October 2025! YIPEE!!!
Can't wait to get a scam call from my washing machine😂
Thanks for all the great work!
CES has always seemed super depressing and dystopian to me. It's like Radio Shack in the 1990s, but without any of the practical products (like AA batteries) and scaled up 1000x.
I love this series! I wish there was more production value and branding effort put into it as I really think more people should know and care about these awards.
Im sorry but the baby one is INSANE! Imagine seeing a notification that states that your baby is basically dead when they are not.
2:03 paul really sounds like ai
Heavy Adobe speech enhancer probably
Could just be some weird clipping I'm hearing.
iFixit, why are there affiliate links in your video description for some of these 'worst in show' products? Have you added these yourselves? Is this something UA-cam generated automatically in your video and description? What's going on here?
Nerd.
I have it on mine(yt mobile app), for the first 2 products. Some say they don't have it. Could be from yt itself.
Edit: Oh yeah, the description. I thought just the pop ups on screen(video).
Definitely from UA-cam, the description itself only has the social media accounts and timestamps to each segment of the video.
It's not IFixit. Once the UA-cam algorithms hear a product, they'll automatically include a link to it.
Buying the least smart product is great advice!
The previous owner of my house left us an old refrigerator. That was 25 years ago and it’s never needed repairs and it still runs great.
Our main refrigerator is about 7 years old. We’ve replaced the compressor twice and have had the automatic ice maker and in door water dispenser fixed five or six times. Modern appliances are crap.
Love this CES coverage - thoughtful and insightful.
I just bought a new fridge and got a basic top freezer model.. two knobs for temperature. Can’t get simpler!
I can't believe how emotional this video made me feel. An informative, succinct video by REAL people who actually deeply care about their work, the industry they're in, and the wellbeing of their viewers? It feels like such a rarity these days. Please, keep doing what you do!
Products should require these awards to be showcased on their advertisements and packaging. Useless.
Can we put ethics and sustainability above convenience ?
But that gets in the way of Profits, we can't have that.
Nah, in the US too many people prefer buying bottled water for $2.5 from a stand, and toss it away 30" later, rather than drink from the public water fountain next to it...
If it doesn't inconvenience businesses like paper straws, sure
@@raphofthehills4405To be fair, public fountains are often not cleaned properly in the US. But in that case, why not just buy reusable water bottles? Hydro Flask and those Stanley cups come to mind. I've had my Hydro Flask for years.
If someone made an offline version of the bosch product using an NPU to work 100% locally, I would be all for it.
Excellent video. I was very happy to see both privacy and security getting their own categories.
I miss when "Less is more" now every tech company is going "More is more"
The Ultrahuman ring… are all smart rings the same? That is, limited lifespan for the batteries?
Batteries have finite lifespans before you can't stand how quickly they run out. My Ringconn ring lasts something like ten or eleven days between charges, so even a 100 cycle until 80% figure wouldn't bother me in the slightest.
It really is amazing how long it runs on a single charge.
It was also about 10% the price of that ridiculous Ultra Human. (No monthly subscription fee, either.)
Thanks for raising awareness.
Comments like "this was a really hard choice" in the context of a "Worst" award is telling. We're living in a dystopia.
Simone!
I love that I got an ad for that smart ring pop up during its segment
My smart fridge is fully repairable and upgradeable, costs the same as a regular fridge, is easy to use, and can be used anywhere! The secret is its modular design which allows the smart module to be completely detached from the fridge itself. The fridge and the smart module both can be replaced with any of hundreds of different models and brands. The module fits in your pocket and is any ordinary smartphone.
I mean, sure, it can't automatically monitor the food, but I have a nose.
Found this video by chance. High tech common sense, odd mix but it works and a little funny too. Well done folks.
It's hilarious that this video provides affiliate links to some of the items they're telling us NOT to buy.
I think that’s UA-cam AI thing
I don´t see any links. could this be some AI shenanigans by UA-cam?
@@cosmic_cupcake They're in the video description and pop up during the first two products discussed.
@@TightPantsJack nope, I watched the entire vid with the description open and there were no popups for me.
I do see them in the description 🤦♂️ yet another fail in this video
I definitely did NOT expect Simone but that is awesome!
I'm so glad there are people like you out there calling it like you see it. Major kudos to you.
I know being negative isn't fun, so thanks so much for making sure these important issues don't fall between the cracks!
Simone! What a great fit for a video, love iFixit, love Simone!
Despite all possible commitments to repairability, sustainability and fair use of resources, the last speaker’s webcam is definitely good for trash and needs an upgrade.
Needed more Simone tbh
TP-Link: *appears in CES*
iFixit: You're the worst in CES 2025!
Wha?
They deserve it for the botnets. Moving data and being secure are their two jobs, and they've been failing at one of them.
Sure would be nice if companies would make products with fewer points of failure (not more) and when they fail, we can repair ourselves.
But money!
favorite CES video I’ve seen this year!
I saw the washing machine and I instantly thought it was Samsung lol
Even in stores I noticed a trend of "smart" fridges that remove useful features such as an ice maker and water dispenser to have a larger surface for an android tablet in the door.
cant wait for my fridge to stop cooling cause the camera died
What a breath of fresh air, about time someone started calling out these companies on a large scale.
Very wise thoughts! Thanks for this video!
I’ve heard this elsewhere but one of the comments I hear a lot pertaining to this topic is companies innovating themselves out of business. When companies add useless features to products to draw attention that, as already stated, increase cost and complexity.
This is brilliant! Thanks!
5:59 Samsung: “We have phones. We have washing machines. We have TVs… what if we built a phone and TV into a washing machine?!?”
Samsung VP: “Genius. Let’s do it. 💰”
I love you guys. this is such a fun way to spread awareness for your mission. keep up the activism!
How difficult is it for tech companies to just make a simple fridge where each shelf has touch buttons for two or three 8-segment displays with an LED light that goes green/yellow/orange/red depending on the amount of days you add to the count-down timer for each shelf. This way at a glance you can tell which ingredient needs using first and you don't need an app for anything - you just add a few days or weeks to the side of the shelf that you add a new item before closing the door. Maybe have a small replaceable LCD on the outside of the door with a readout of all the timers. I don't need the fridge to be connected to the internet or receive calls - I already have a smart phone for that. I just need to know how much time a shelf item has left.
I think the last presenter was recording the video with their washing machine 😂
Hey just letting you know that an affiliate link for the ultra human right air showed up on the UA-cam video linking to Walmart lol. Thanks for the video and caring about repair!
And yet TP link is still better than most of cisco/linksys, netgear, dlink, etc. Which is why they have so much of the market share.
"buy the least smart product you can find"
Crazy how now the term "Smart" on a product is something to stay away from
My recently acquired LG range is wi-fi equipped. Why?
Thank you for this video.
The baby monitors are great. They have false positives. That's fine. I'd much rather have a false positive than a false negative. The alarm doesn't mean "your baby is dead." It means "check your baby."
It's Simone!
Fantastic to see her.
Samsung washing machine sounds about right 😂
Sad to hear about TP-Link. I trusted the brand for sometime since there aren't any reliable options here. I guess that gotta change.
The TP-Link thing seems like a somewhat arbitrary and 'tin-foil hat' based concern. I'm sure there are some really really terrible products at CES. What about all the AI/Wi-Fi connected devices which report back to their company owners on what you're watching or how many of bottles of milk are stored in your fridge. 🤷♂️
There is something deeply disturbing and dystopian about the idea of letting AI “babysit” your baby
Yep, going to continue supporting companies that produce simple appliances that do the job you need them to do. You know, refrigerator that keeps your food from spoiling. Washing machine that washes your clothes. I avoid these "smart" appliances like the plague.
Looking at these so called "smart" appliances, makes me love my SpeedQueen washer even more.