@nprofile1q... @nprofile1q... 15 years ago a lot of kit would still have contained microcontrollers, but it was a case of kilobytes rather than gigabytes and it wasn't expected the device would have Internet connectivity (so manufactures didn't feel they had the opportunity to harvest and sell data to adtech companies).

I suspect there will be a return to traditional devices, but prices may also increase when smart devices stop providing the desired revenue streams//