@ikidd@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 3 months agoHomeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a daywww.newsweek.comexternal-linkmessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1807arrow-down1115
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minus-square@madsen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoCouldn’t you just program it to start (and stop) at a given time, or make a note of how long it says on the display that it’ll take? It seems (to me) like a very, very minor improvement for a huge cost, namely that your washing machine is on your network and is internet connected.
minus-squareAggressivelyPassivelinkfedilinkEnglish4•3 months agoAnd I bet you it reduces reliability, because all those fancy electronics are absolutely crucial for it to work at all and brittle as a sand castle. So you’ll end up with a white brick if the wifi module craps out or a capacitor gets too warm.
Couldn’t you just program it to start (and stop) at a given time, or make a note of how long it says on the display that it’ll take?
It seems (to me) like a very, very minor improvement for a huge cost, namely that your washing machine is on your network and is internet connected.
And I bet you it reduces reliability, because all those fancy electronics are absolutely crucial for it to work at all and brittle as a sand castle. So you’ll end up with a white brick if the wifi module craps out or a capacitor gets too warm.