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Your washing machine could be sending 3.7 GB of data a day — LG washing machine owner disconnected his device from Wi-Fi after noticing excessive outgoing daily data traffic (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

though most of the time I don't bother because I never have so many loads that time is important.

That's a big part of my confusion about this "feature".

How big a deal is it of you miss the end of the cycle by a few minutes? Or even an hour?

Most of the applications they are trying to cram IoT into are pretty pointless in the vast majority of cases.

[–] dirthawker0 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Well, everyone is in a hurry sometimes; sometimes you suddenly realize you need a certain piece of clothing clean asap. I could see a notification being useful to busy parents with teenagers with a lot of laundry to be done. I've heard of families that do multiple loads every day.