{"id":219769,"date":"2026-05-18T17:26:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-dory-sign-is-e-ink-smart-screen-simplicity-at-its-finest\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T17:26:15","slug":"the-dory-sign-is-e-ink-smart-screen-simplicity-at-its-finest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-dory-sign-is-e-ink-smart-screen-simplicity-at-its-finest\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dory Sign is E ink, smart screen simplicity at its finest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Many gadgets marketed as being \u201csmart\u201d make me wonder if they would be better off dumb.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples are <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/12\/the-ars-technica-guide-to-dumb-tvs\/\">smart TVs<\/a> that insist on sending your activities to businesses to <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2024\/08\/tv-industrys-ads-tracking-obsession-is-turning-your-living-room-into-a-store\/\">track you<\/a>, smart fridges that use the Internet <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/10\/samsung-makes-ads-on-3499-smart-fridges-official-with-upcoming-software-update\/\">to cycle through ads<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2025\/07\/firmware-update-hinders-echelon-smart-home-gym-equipments-ability-to-work-offline\/\">smart gym equipment that won\u2019t work offline<\/a>, smart toothbrushes whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techadvisor.com\/article\/2770799\/my-oral-b-io-died-heres-reddits-fix.html\">batteries drain too quickly<\/a>, or virtually any gadget that forces you to use a minimally effective or otherwise unimpressive app.<\/p>\n<p>Too often, modern technologies, like inter-device connectivity and artificial intelligence, are shoehorned into gadgets that would be more intuitive to use, affordable, accessible, and\/or durable without them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/05\/the-dory-sign-is-e-ink-smart-screen-simplicity-at-its-finest\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/05\/the-dory-sign-is-e-ink-smart-screen-simplicity-at-its-finest\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many gadgets marketed as being \u201csmart\u201d make me wonder if they would be better off dumb. Some examples are smart TVs that insist on sending your activities to businesses to track you, smart fridges that use the Internet to cycle through ads, smart gym equipment that won\u2019t work offline, smart toothbrushes whose batteries drain too quickly, or virtually any gadget that forces you to use a minimally effective or otherwise&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","tve_updated_post":"","tve_custom_css":"","tve_user_custom_css":"","tve_globals":{},"tcb2_ready":0,"tcb_editor_enabled":0,"tve_landing_page":"","_tve_header":"","_tve_footer":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Dory Sign is E ink, smart screen simplicity at its finest - UshopWell.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/the-dory-sign-is-e-ink-smart-screen-simplicity-at-its-finest\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Dory Sign is E ink, smart screen simplicity at its finest - UshopWell.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Many gadgets marketed as being \u201csmart\u201d make me wonder if they would be better off dumb. 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