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In terms of a smart stove or oven .... I'm never going to allow an appliance that might burn down my house to operate on its own without supervision. If I'm turning on the oven to do anything, I'm in the kitchen or at least in the house so I know what its doing, any time it heats up at all.

I know this is a first world problem, but I can't hear the beeps in my house when these things go off.

Sometimes I remember a light is still on when I'm in bed. And that's more than seven steps and it's late. So yes, lazy, but also not because I'll get winded, I just don't want to get out of bed to walk across the house in the dark after I've already settled. If you prefer to get up over trivial tasks, good for you, but you don't need to judge others for having differing levels of physicality. Maybe someone worked hard physical labor all day and just doesn't want to move when they get home.

Also, my house uses zigbee and doesn't even have a way to connect to the Internet. So I agree there. If I am in my home wanting information generated by my home, the information has no reason to leave my home. For privacy and for latency.

Sounds like you don't need it, but gee you're awfully aggressive about not wanting other people to have it.

I have a cheap camera pointed at my washer and dryer. Not one that hits the cloud or anything, rtsp and some bridging.

All I want to know is when it's done. A notification would be cool but not at the expense of feeding the manufacturer's data set. It's too far away to hear the beep, doesn't carry past the top of the basement stairs.

But the main reason is because the countdown timer is a fucking liar. Washer runs way longer and dryer stops way earlier.

Machines with mechanical dials may be less efficient but at least they were predictable.

I have a smart thermostat, lights and sensors everywhere and absolutely love it. They’re all automated (along with things like heaters, fans) to adjust themselves on variables like indoor/outdoor temperature, which door(s) is open, is the sun up or down, etc. It’s actually pretty fantastic (in my opinion).

But I agree that devices like laundry machines maybe don’t need any of these features.

My smart washing machine doesn’t get the wi-fi password. I fill it, pick a setting and press start. Sometimes I pause it to shove an extra item through the sock flap.

Yeah, this story keeps popping up without the followup.

It is still something that should have never been an option for this failure to take place anyway.

Laundered money

Digital money laundering

Bitcoin doesn't use that much data.