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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (29 children)

I'm OK with it for some things tbh. With a wifi fridge for example I can know if it stops working and the temp starts rising before I have a fridge full of spoiled food. With an oven I can know if I left the house with it still running. With the washer/dryer I can get notified when I need to fold the cloths before they get wrinkled. I think connected appliances have more useful applications than people give them credit for.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (11 children)

With a wifi fridge for example I can know if it stops working and the temp starts rising before I have a fridge full of spoiled food

A built in alarm sound would achieve the same goal without running the risk of your fridge becoming part of a botnet

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Alarm is going to have to be pretty loud for me to hear it many miles away.

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

Get a bigger speaker

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