apppatchwork
/ˈæpˌpætʃwɜːk/nounVerified NewThe household condition of needing a separate app, account, and login for every device, none of which interoperate.
The lights, the thermostat, the vacuum, the doorbell: none of them talk to each other, and each demands onboarding. Apppatchwork is the smart home's true operating system — fragmentation, lovingly updated.
Etym. — *app* + *patchwork*; a quilt of incompatible squares.
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