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I don't know what's going on with people complaining that "oh my kitchen appliance has to connect to the internet". Like...you knew that when you bought it? You
by XorNot 3y ago
I don't know what's going on with people complaining that "oh my kitchen appliance has to connect to the internet". Like...you knew that when you bought it? You weren't forced to buy it. Dumb appliances exist, I have them. They're the cheaper models, and they work just fine.
- porkbeer 3y agoExcept all newer car appliances phone home like it or not now. There is no choice,
- BugsJustFindMe 3y agoThey do exist, for now, but many (and more every year) of the top appliances are going connected. And sometimes it starts by being optional until one day it isn't anymore. There's a reason why it's basically impossible to find a non-smart television today. The thing is that manufacturers don't just have online models and dumb models. They have models where extremely useful practical features are only included on the ones that also require being online, because that's how they get you. And the market drifts because people want those extra useful features. My dishwasher has a salt reservoir (exceptionally uncommon in the US) for water softening without GI-damaging rinse aids, a fully enclosed housing with leak sensors to trap and alert internal leaks, inline water heating instead of an oven heater in the bottom so plastics can go anywhere without melting, and so on. None of those features are internet-mediated. It just happens that those extra features I really enjoy are on a machine that _also_ wants to be on the internet, and they press the issue by making the internet the only way to see what step the machine is in its cycle because the better drying and so on are only available with hidden-top controls (honestly fuck top controls on dishwashers, seriously). Thankfully setting that up is optional for now, but one day it probably will not be.