Miele sells dumb dishwashers in the US. I recently bought a Bosch and regret it for some of the same reasons as this article. I probably should have got the Mi

Miele sells dumb dishwashers in the US. I recently bought a Bosch and regret it for some of the same reasons as this article. I probably should have got the Miele but CR ratings were slightly higher for Bosch, the repair rates in different places were similar, and the cost was slightly less for the Bosch. I'm ok with networked appliances but think every function should be operable at the minimum level of networking required to implement that function. So, a specific washing or drying program shouldn't require any networking, so should function without any networking. Checking the status of a cycle on you phone can be done locally through something like Bluetooth, so it should operate with that and no wifi. Remote monitoring requires internet of some sort, so that's fine. What makes me furious is requiring a phone app to run something like a delicate or rinse-only cycle.