#smart-feeder

Petnet's cracks are visible — the early warning

“When a connected pet device's cloud goes down repeatedly without explanation, the company is in trouble. The outage history is the leading indicator of the company's solvency. By the time the bankruptcy notice comes, the pets have already been hungry for days.”

Petnet SmartFeeder — a long-term review, and why a cloud-dependent feeder scares me

“A feeder that needs a cloud to dispense food is a bet on the vendor's solvency. When the server is down at midnight, the cat goes hungry — and the device is only as reliable as a company you've never met keeping its servers up.”