Comment on Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day

• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yup. There are two situations here:

  • I’m in my house and can hear the sound
  • I’m not at my house and don’t care when it finishes

  If I’m at home and won’t hear the sound for some reason, I’ll just set an alarm on my phone. My washing machine tells me how long it’ll take, so there’s no guesswork here.

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  • BorgDrone@lemmy.one ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My washing machine tells me how long it’ll take, so there’s no guesswork here.

    Washing machines exist that are smarter than just running a fixed program. They adjust the program, and thus duration, based om how dirty the clothes are. The same goes for dryers that look at the actual humidity of the clothes to determine if they’re finished.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Sure, and if I’m off by a few minutes, that’s totally fine. I honestly don’t need to know the moment my clothes are done, it can wait 20-30 minutes usually. In general, a laundry run takes an hour, plus whatever soak time I choose.

      So I really don’t need any network access. I guess it’s fine if others want it, but I see it as a liability. If it connects to a network, that’s a security vulnerability (don’t want a laundry DOS) and another thing to break.

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    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Hahaha, but why?

      I’ve used the shortest cycle, on cold, for 30+ years, with less than half the detergent “recommended”. Clothes are always clean.

      And my clothes get dirty. Mechanic dirty (oils are tough). Welding. Tree sap from cutting down/splitting.

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      • Malfeasant@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Front loader?

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  • amelia@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not trying to defend stupid internet connectivity but my washing machine is in the basement in a shared laundry room while I live on the second floor of the apartment building. No way I’ll hear it beep so a notification would be very useful actually.

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Is this washing machine yours? Or is it owned by the landlord? If it’s the landlord’s, that’s a different problem entirely, since now you need multiple people to have separate configurations on the same device to get notifications, but only when their particular load is finished.

      I can absolutely see a reason to have “smart” laundromats for things like error codes, abandoned loads, usage statistics, maintenance history, full coin reservoir, etc. That’s the type of problem a shared laundry room would have as well, and it would be fairly easy to add a “tap to notify” feature where you scan a QR code or tap with NFC to get remote access to it.

      But for a typical home situation where the laundry machine is the apartment or house, I really don’t see a point, and it’s just a liability.

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      • amelia@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It is mine. There is a room with each tenant’ washing machine in the basement and that is a typical situation in Germany.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i have an old one without any of it and i dont even care, ill be there eventually and see its done.

    im okay with my clothes waiting for a bit

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• transientpunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mine is in my garage, and I can’t hear the jingle from inside the house.

  But two power monitoring smart plugs+ home assistant fixed that issue

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  • woelkchen@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    But two power monitoring smart plugs+ home assistant fixed that issue

    A timer on your phone would have done the same with less hassle.

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    • shinratdr@lemmy.ca ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Most washing machines have sensors and do not dry based on a timer. The program time is just a rough estimate, if clothes are still wet or soap bubbles are still present it will do extra rinses or spins.

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      • NoisyFlake@lemm.ee ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Correct. I often find myself going downstairs to the washing machine after 2 hours because it said 1:30h, and then it still needs another 12 minutes.

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    • transientpunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You underestimate the strength of my ADHD. Automation keeps me from having to rely on ol’ unreliable

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• bisby@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Its enough for me too. But not everyone has the same use case and environment. I definitely see why someone would want this.

  What I disagree with is that it needs to communicate to the internet to do this. It adds delay and potential for outage if your internet is out. But they do this so they can force you to get their app and milk you for extra data to sell. Internet capable smart devices are to harvest data not grant features. Features could be done better by ZigBee and a hub, but that doesnt grant the device a way to phone home

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