My old GE dishwasher broke (completely dead, tried many ways to reset, was dying for months though...).
Bought a new Bosch 500 (highest not-zillion-dollar model I could get over weekend).
Installed, went to mess with some settings, then saw:
"this setting requires the HomeConnect app"
Oh. Okay, so like Bluetooth or NFC or something?
Nope. They want me to connect my _dishwasher_ to WiFi to configure a number of settings on it! Ugh. No way, no how.
@geerlingguy I kind of get that this is how they can add extra features that aren't on the front panel (maybe they save money with a standardized panel across their products?). I even kind of get having this on wifi so you can get an alert while you're out that the dishes are done, or whatever.
But these features seem like pretty standard ones you'd want to on the panel on any model.
@Norodix @geerlingguy It probably wouldn't even be when I'm out; I just like getting notifications that processes are complete rather than setting timers on my phone. Nothing sucks more than forgetting to set a timer and taking wrinkled clothes out of the dryer.
I know that leaving a dishwasher doesn't result in wrinkled dishes, I'm just saying my ADHD brain likes notifications over timers.
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