First World WTF

[tiggymalvern]

Our elderly tumble dryer died yesterday. The motor makes a horrible noise and the drum doesn't turn. We don't know exactly how old it is because it came with the house, but that makes it at least nine years old, and one look at it says rather older. So I begin to google tumble dryers.

OMG people, why the hell would I want my tumble dryer to be 'smart' and programmable by phone? Unless it's smart enough to empty the washer, sort the laundry into tumble dry and dry flat and then load itself up, I'm going to be standing right next to it. Why then would I want to program it via my phone instead of using buttons and dials on the dryer?

I know that some people now come surgically attached to their phones and find it impossible to put the damn things away for even the length of a meal or a movie. But how is this anything other than a stupid gimmick to get people to pay more for a dryer?

Comments

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I can't imagine wanting a fridge that monitors my shopping. I have perfectly good eyes to do that with.

As far as I'm concerned, the only things in my house that connect to the internet are computers and phones. Anything else is adding needless security risks.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I replaced my thermostat this weekend and did consider a Nest for a minute--"I won't be home for another two hours, I guess I'll keep the temperature down," that kind of thing--and then I thought, "but hacking" and decided to save my two hundred bucks.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

My SO works with a lot of tech-infatuated guys, and he personally knows people who installed Nest. Most of them disconnected it/no longer use it because of various annoying foibles.