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[-] duckCityComplex@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Similar story for clothes dryers:

My parents' dryer had 2 knobs for temperature and run time, and a start button. Ran forever and dried clothes.

My dryer has like a dozen programmed cycles that rely on a moisture sensor that doesn't work and leaves clothes damp unless you use the manual time & temp settings, which takes several capacitive button presses on a circuit board that is likely to die before any of the actual mechanical components of the dryer. Also for some reason it has Wi-Fi.

[-] Idontevenknowanymore@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

"And for some reason it has Wi-Fi ." will be the last line in humanity's epitaph.

[-] exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago

The latest xkcd has one of my favorite hover texts of all time:

It's important for devices to have internet connectivity so the manufacturer can patch remote exploits.

[-] msage@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Wifi is there to avoid pressing the capacitive buttons.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I assume they have some better mode options if you get the app and connect it and all…

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