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FTC urged to make smart devices say how long they will be supported (arstechnica.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Alphane_Moon to c/technology

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[–] Maggoty 5 points 2 months ago (12 children)

At least make it required to not brick at EOS if it's a device that would otherwise run. Like a laundry machine.

[–] AA5B 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

There’s no reason a laundry machine requires an internet connection

if an internet connection provides additional functionality such as notification, it easier to have the machine work normally without notifications
there’s no reason a machine requires an internet connection, especially with the release of the Matter/Thread standard to unify home automation local protocols

When I got new machines about five years ago, I briefly considered connected machines. It would be really nice to get notifications on my phone but how can it possibly cost that much and why does the only option depend on a cloud service?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Can’t you just set a timer on your phone for 30 minutes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Although I do this, I do also have a counterpoint to this. I will set my machine to go and it says 60 minutes. Cool, set a timer for that long. Come back in 60 minutes, and it still has 5 minutes left. I ended up figuring out the machine is somehow determining that at 60 minutes, the clothes/blankets/whatever is still too wet, so it's adding time to the spin cycle to try and spin them more. Having it just ping me would be amazing, but also I do not want to have a machine that refuses to operate without WiFi or some crap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yea but can you play doom during the wash cycle

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

I bought maytag washer/dryer oddly only the dryer is "smart" and it is just notifying when it's done, but it works just fine without internet as well. Looked around a good bit before we landed on Maytag and they've been great for the few years so far we've had them, however it's just my wife and I, not a ton of use compared to a whole family so ymmv

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