Comment on Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• abhibeckert@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I dunno about you, but I would love to get a notification on my watch when the machine has finished it’s cycle. And I’d also like to see a proper error description on my phone, instead of just “UE” on the timer LCD.

  If we’re going to get really fancy… I’d love to be able to load the machine in the morning, but tell it to actually start running several hours later when I’m about to leave work home. I obviously don’t want clean wet clothes in the washing machine all day… but I don’t really want to run the washing machine when I’m home either, because it’s noisy.

  A wifi connected washing machine sounds like a great feature to me, and I’d happily pay for it (with dollars, not with an invasion of privacy). I guess that means I won’t be buying an LG.

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• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Anybody in his right minds wouldn’t connect buy a washing machine to with WiFi in the first place.

  Ftfy

  Said this elsewhere recently, family had a washing machine for 30 years, from when I was little to in my 30’s. Just fixed as needed. Could’ve still fixed it when they replaced it, just felt it was time.

  I’ve never had dirty clothes come out of a washing machine, using cold water and powder soap. Not sure why people think an agitator needs all this nonsense attached.

  I still buy my machines used off Craigslist. Current one (apartment style) is 20 years old, I’ve had it for 5 if them. Cost me less than $200. Replaced a spring for $20 so far.

  There are no IoT/smart devices in my house (well, damn TV, but I’m workin on that).

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  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Only company that makes dumb TVs anymore is Scepter, but those TV are a dice roll cause in the same model 1 tv can have a great screen and 1 can have a horrible one… and I’ve had the bad luck of the draw to get multiple bad screens that looked like shit.

    So I gave up and bought a TLC.

    I cracked it open and unplugged the wifi antenna though, cause you can bet your ass that bitch will never have a chance to phone home and report any and all network snooping.

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  • weirdo_from_space@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Would a large monitor with a streaming box work?

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• akrot@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s mainly done for smart bome feature. People want fully automated homes, and right now more than 90% of all "smart devices are basically botnets. Zigbee ftw.

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• mechoman444@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As an appliance repair man if 20 years don’t ever connect your application to the wifi.

  Knowing what part of the cycle your washing machine is in at all times is useless information.

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• knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But then anybody can connect to its default broadcast. Better to pair it to something you can control.

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