why THE FUCK does a washisng machine need wifi??
this post was submitted on 25 Sep 2025
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This is reddit levels of reposting. This article is 19 months old.
I would pay extra if I could still buy a washing machine with no electronics in it. They maytag of my youth lasted 3 decades without repair or maintenance (tho it was loud as fuck at the end) I especially can't imagine feeling the need to make a washing machine internet connected.
My maytag is still running after 20+, but like you said its kinda noisy
Must be bitcoin laundering.
LG: We are proud to introduce our groundbreaking next generation technology - washing machine based cloud services for businesses
Unironically an innovative way to drive the heating element
You got a genuine laugh out of me. Amazing.
I think you win the internet for today. You could also be right.
My grandma used to say the shit you own ends up p0ning you.
Yeah, my grandma was a big fan of the Fight Club too...
My grandma used to say no cap fam, bussin fr ong.
My grandma told me to buy NVDA and I was like “yeah right grandma”
Git gud kid
Never seen a washing machine take someone to the cleaners before.
My washing machine has wifi, but I have never even been slightly interested in enabling it. I set up a monitor to notify when done by monitoring the power consumption of the breaker. Once it drops back down to zero after a couple of minutes, it triggers a notification. I don't know what else I could ever need.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT
Welp, clothes are done.
What is this devil technology?
Some machines are now hiding specific features inside apps. At least that's the case for some dishwashers.
My washer and dryer both do that.
They still wash and dry, though. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Remote start is what I want personally. Timers get 90% of the way there, but if you want to run your machine when power is cheap, needs a bit more granularity. Also, end notification is one thing, but getting a "remaining time" status is also useful for the particularly lazy among us :)
Ah, my power isn't cheaper at certain times, so I didn't think of that. I wonder if you could control and monitor all of it with an ESP32.
I've thought about soldering one to some of the indicator leds and the start button, but that would require a lot of disassembly that I couldn't bother with yet.
Probably could, but thats messy and out of reach for most of the general public. I'd consider myself capable, and I still haven't done it despite wanting to.
I'd settle for appliances providing a standardised port for control/monitoring, that you can plug in your own ESP32 controller. Harder to sell to the general public.
Rheeme Econet devices do this. They have an app to control them, but there's also a diagnostic port that exposes everything in the app and a lot more. There's an esp32 project that connects to the port and brings all of that into Home Assistant, no app or wifi needed.
A tech-savvy San Francisco resident has sparked conversation online after he shared a perplexing discovery about his LG washing machine's seemingly voracious appetite for data on X (formerly Twitter).
In a post with more than 7 million views, Johnie Lee shared a screenshot of his machine's data usage, which showed around 3.6GB of daily data usage. For context, 3GB of data is the rough equivalent of streaming high-definition video for an hour on a device.
Results found that smart washing machines are collecting a significant amount of user data, including personal information such as date of birth, location, and even access to photos.
There is no evidence that the data is being sold to third parties, but the prolonged lifespan of washing machines has begun to raise questions about long-term data tracking.
So close.
What I was referencing in inaccuracy of the router is the attribution of 622 bytes to Apple iMessage.
still not everything.
There was gigabytes of data being uploaded from the IP address of the >washer. I have segregated this device to its own network and logging data >usage.
I have yet to hear from LG on how to reset/update the firmware or how to >fix the rogue washing machine.
There is no evidence that the data is being sold to third parties
Oh well, that's all good then. ^/s^
Before: runs on watts
Now: runs on gigabytes
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