IMO anything that needs a signup to a web service that you don't control is worse. Personally, I'd use an esp8266 or esp32 for that. I'd also try to find a be

IMO anything that needs a signup to a web service that you don't control is worse. Personally, I'd use an esp8266 or esp32 for that. I'd also try to find a better way of sensing whether it's running/finished, by connecting directly to the power led (you can also siphon power to run the microcontroller from the washing machine itself), or measure power usage at the plug.