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Single-purpose devices offer such an option. As Iain Bogost wrote, things are "both enhanced and ruined by computers. Isn't it reasonable that the solution to this paradox would include neither the unrepentant embrace of digital life, nor its curt rejection either?" Maybe, he suggests, we can have a model where more things become "an activity that has computers in it, rather than an activity that takes place inside computers." Single-purpose devices offer such an option. As Iain Bogost wrote, things are "both enhanced and ruined by computers. Isn't it reasonable that the solution to this paradox would include neither the unrepentant embrace of digital life, nor its curt rejection either?" Maybe, he suggests, we can have a model where more things become "an activity that has computers in it, rather than an activity that takes place inside computers."
These devices would have to be designed with care: it's too easy to fall into the trap of making something dependent on a smartphone—an extreme example being Andrew Kelley's new dishwasher, which [refused to operate](https://andrewkelley.me/post/why-we-cant-have-nice-software.html) until it could phone home once by connecting to the WiFi and being activated through an app. Fortunately, it looks like these well thought-out devices are becoming more common. With a bit of thinking on our part, we can help by encouraging them. These devices would have to be designed with care: it's too easy to fall into the trap of making something dependent on a smartphone—an extreme example being Andrew Kelley's new dishwasher, which [refused to operate](https://andrewkelley.me/post/why-we-cant-have-nice-software.html) until it could phone home once by connecting to the WiFi and being activated through an app. Fortunately, it looks like these well thought-out devices are becoming more common. With a bit of thinking on our part, we can help by encouraging them.
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*Thanks to [Savitri](https://carpethedamnbook.wordpress.com/) for reviewing this post.*