The AWS Outage Bricked People’s $2,700 Smartbeds

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The failures of too much technology and capitalism.

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An Eight Sleep bed is a smart bed that starts at $2, 700. U sers p ro v i d e t h e i ro w nma tt ress an d E i g h tSl ee p se ll s t h e mama tt ressco v er an d a “ P o d ” t ha t a c t s a s t h e b r ain o f t h esys t e m . I f c u s t o m ers w an tt os p e n d a f e wt h o u s an d m ore, t h eyc an g e t aba se t ha t a d j u s t s t h e p os i t i o n o f t h e ma tt ress, p ro v i d es bi o m e t r i cs l ee p in g d a t a, an d h e a t s an d coo l s t h es l ee p er . C u s t o m ers m u s t a l sos u b scr ib e t o a ser v i ce f or E i g h tSl ee p, w hi c h r an g es f ro m$ 17 to $33 a month.

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Pro-active ES users have already found one solution: jailbreak the Pod. The ES sub is—at a minimum— $200 a ye a r, t h e P o d u pl o a d s m u lt i pl e GB so f t e l e m e t ry d a t a t o ES ser v erse v ery m o n t h, an d w h e n t h e in t er n e t g oes d o w n t h e b e dd i es . I f yo u m u s t o w na$ 5,000 bed that heals and cools you dynamically, shouldn’t you take full control of it?

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