Yesterday’s #AWS outage has led me to wonder, not for the first time, if we all have maybe become too dependent on online services. For instance, I read the story about how the outage wreaked havoc with smart beds. I’m also thinking about people who control their kitchen appliances and thermostats with apps. From an #A11Y standpoint all these things are wonderful, no question. But, as was shown yesterday, glitches would have the potential of throwing everything into chaos. There’s also the issue of too much power being in too few hands, but that’s another subject for another time. Right now Sarah and I have Braille overlays for our appliances, and our thermostat from the now defunct talkingthermostats.com still works fine. I’m just not sure I ever want to put control of my appliances and heating/cooling into the hands of an app. #JMO