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Consumer electronics have thin margins, you don't add features to facilitate a small subset of customers for whom this may be a problem. A toaster almost always
by farseer 6y ago
Consumer electronics have thin margins, you don't add features to facilitate a small subset of customers for whom this may be a problem. A toaster almost always has a mechanical or electronic timer, enough to prevent burning.
- perilunar 6y agoThe only way to set the timer though is through trial and error, and inevitably your toast is either too raw or burnt. How much easier would it be to just turn off the power at the first hint of smoke? Perfect toast every time. I've also worked in several workplaces that ban toasters in staff kitchens due to the cost of false fire alarms. Someone always burns the toast.
- farseer 6y agoBut now cigarette smokers can't use your toaster. Neither can grandma who likes smoked salmon for breakfast cooking on the stove nearby.
- ohyeshedid 6y agoUntil it keeps turning off, before properly toasting the bread, because it's burning some crumbs at the bottom.