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[–] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

To add to it, I like to know water and electricity usage stats from my dishwasher, it's semi interesting. But generally I use the buttons on the thing.

Washing machine is easier to use via the app because it's stupid in on device controls

[–] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So you are telling me it is enshittified to the point it's unusable without the app that collects and sells all you data?

[–] StealthLizardDrop@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yup, very happy with my purchase...

/s (in case it's not obvious 😔)

[–] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Oh boy do I feel hate right now

[–] W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Same with my dishwasher; buttons on it will work it but you need the app for more advanced features.

[–] DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Well tbh give me a machine I can punch in the time it runs the water temp and the rpm and I am mostly fine. I mean there are some curves that could be nice in very specific use cases but eh

The reason they want to get people comfortable using the app is so they can move all control to an app to save money, which will be a worse UX. I'm so sick of using my phone or some ipad screen to do everything. Most appliances just need a few buttons.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'd like to know water and electricity usage too, but frankly, I'd rather have a separate smart flow meter and current sensor.