"We can't avoid the IoT revolution by refusing to play part."
At the moment, we can - and I fully intend to continue doing so for as long as that remains possible.
(And even if there is to come a point when all new gear has this data slurping built in by default, there's always second hand gear - and in some cases alternative methods of doing whatever the internet of shit devices do. These points alone should push back the point of no return quite some way.)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
