a craving to know if your laundry was on first rinse or second?
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Back to reality. Agreed. And, you didn't even touch on the hackability of IOT!
I do jobs from service companies. I had one to fix a LG washing machine. Probable electronic problem and customer wanted it fixed. I declined as I wasn't going to learn how to fix it. The whole point I'm trying to make, is some of these devices or appliances have gotten too fancy. IMHO, they have more glitz rather than true useful tasks of getting the job done. You can argue it overall better, but not by me. When washing machines, refrigerators and even the TV gets so loaded down with do-dads, where will it end. I know people like this and that, I see rather than making a better device, its just glitz up. I spoke my piece, what say you?

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