• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    At least make it required to not brick at EOS if it’s a device that would otherwise run. Like a laundry machine.

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      4 months ago

      There’s no reason a laundry machine requires an internet connection

      • if an internet connection provides additional functionality such as notification, it easier to have the machine work normally without notifications
      • there’s no reason a machine requires an internet connection, especially with the release of the Matter/Thread standard to unify home automation local protocols

      When I got new machines about five years ago, I briefly considered connected machines. It would be really nice to get notifications on my phone but how can it possibly cost that much and why does the only option depend on a cloud service?

        • OnToTheFuture@thelemmy.club
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          4 months ago

          Although I do this, I do also have a counterpoint to this. I will set my machine to go and it says 60 minutes. Cool, set a timer for that long. Come back in 60 minutes, and it still has 5 minutes left. I ended up figuring out the machine is somehow determining that at 60 minutes, the clothes/blankets/whatever is still too wet, so it’s adding time to the spin cycle to try and spin them more. Having it just ping me would be amazing, but also I do not want to have a machine that refuses to operate without WiFi or some crap.