My washing machine doesn’t need Wi-Fi

[timwardcam@c.im]

@neil @bloor @dan 🤣 I suspect I might get into trouble with another member of the household if I did that and warranty service was later refused on the grounds that I'd messed with it!

[neil@mastodon.neilzone.co.uk]

@TimWardCam @bloor @dan

Yes, fair. This was done collaboratively :)

[crdfilm@mastodon.social]

@neil It's like the Keurig does not need Wifi either. Who needs to know what coffee I'm brewing?

[alisonw@fedimon.uk]

@TimWardCam @neil @bloor @dan
Mine also beeps so I just close the door. It's then not loud enough to wake me

[guardeddon@mas.to]

@bloor @neil @dan
I’ve seen this exact discussion before, how to monitor a washing machine using a Shelly or similar current monitor, was it @edent? Pretty sure it was here.

[linker3000@mastodon.social]

I have a Tasmota-based smart plug on mine that feeds power readings to Node-RED every 30 secs, which then works out when to send me an email when it's started and 3 mins after it stops.

[mal3aby@mastodon.smears.org]

@neil @etchedpixels @bloor OOI how long have you had the localbytes plugs? I really like them, but a while back we had a bunch of them (4 or 5) die within a few weeks of each other. Including the one on the freezer, which was nearly very expensive! Wondering whether I got unlucky with a bad batch, or whether they just have a finite lifetime...

[annehargreaves@ioc.exchange]

@neil
My dishwasher doesn't need internet!
The cups & plates don't need to chat
I don't want ads for tablets
Definitely not that
Data-less, my crockery
Can only communicate with me.

[megalomaniac@mastodon.me.uk]

@TimWardCam @bloor @neil at the risk of sounding like the commander of a certain battlestar, no white goods will ever be networked in my house. I see no benefit, only a myriad of unnecessary additional risks. Timers exist and work very well if you need that function. You have to be physically present to load and unload the things anyway, so “features” like remote activation aren’t adding any convenience, just another attack vector for the Cylons 😂.

[audioflyer79@mstdn.social]

@neil my microwave and stove have wifi - and still can’t set their own clocks. That’s literally the one useful feature I would want from a smart device.

[sborrill@justfollow.me.uk]

@nick @neil @bloor Our washing beeps a little song and I wrote lyrics to it:

I've finished the washing,
Everything's lovely and clean.
I've finished the washing,
'cos I'm a washing machine.

Awaiting the Nobel prize for literature...

[bloor@bloor.tw]

@sborrill @nick @neil rice cookers have the best “I’m finished” tunes IMHO.

[smsm1@mastodon.green]

@mal3aby @neil @etchedpixels @bloor I've only had one due whilst doing a firmware update. I think I was impatient and tried to do the firmware update again rather than wait longer whilst nothing appeared to be happening.