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[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I would assume newer appliances have just as many increases to efficiency, as they do corners cut to reduce the cost.

I'd say the smart features are something new, but it's almost always locked behind information stealing applications that you need to have, just to check if your laundry is done yet.

9 times out of 10 you can get better smart integration with some alligator clips and a raspberry Pi or esp32.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

In 20 years of appliance repair doing on average 5 orders a day I have met maybe two or three clients that used the smart features in their appliances. Otherwise they are totally useless.

I remember reading an article from GE a while ago where they were complaining that very, very few people were using the WiFi features on their washers and dryers.

No one asked for WiFi, no one needs Wi-Fi on their appliances.