Sure, but pretty much my only considerations were the quality of brushing, cost of new brushes, and general reliability. The one I thought was best and in-budg

Sure, but pretty much my only considerations were the quality of brushing, cost of new brushes, and general reliability. The one I thought was best and in-budget just happened to have these anti-features too, which fortunately I don't have to use. It wasn't worth it to me to spend more time on it to see if I could find something without the connected crap. (And I do wonder if the connected crap makes the device cheaper, since they're hoping to make money on selling user data.)