Pro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHow I hacked my washing machinenexy.blogexternal-linkmessage-square39linkfedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1202arrow-down1external-linkHow I hacked my washing machinenexy.blogPro@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square39linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYou can get smart couches right now.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoYes, but a couch doesn’t stop functioning as a couch if the smart functions stop working.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoNeither does a smart washing machine.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIf the motherboard takes a shit? A washing machine will absolutely stop functioning entirely. A couch is still a couch.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThat could happen to the washing machine whether it’s “smart” or not.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoA proper older washing machine doesn’t have a motherboard.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd there’s my point. A couch is still a couch, smart features or not.
minus-squareonslaught545@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoAnd a washing machine is still a washing machine, smart features or not. Every washing machine is going to have a controller board that can break.
minus-squareblackn1ght@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI guess you’ll need to go back at least 40 years. Even so, if the belt or motor breaks then the washing machine doesn’t work either.
minus-squareLka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell sure, but my original point was that a “smart” couch still functions perfectly fine as a couch with or without its “smart” features.
You can get smart couches right now.
Yes, but a couch doesn’t stop functioning as a couch if the smart functions stop working.
Neither does a smart washing machine.
If the motherboard takes a shit? A washing machine will absolutely stop functioning entirely. A couch is still a couch.
That could happen to the washing machine whether it’s “smart” or not.
A proper older washing machine doesn’t have a motherboard.
Yes it does
And there’s my point. A couch is still a couch, smart features or not.
And a washing machine is still a washing machine, smart features or not. Every washing machine is going to have a controller board that can break.
I guess you’ll need to go back at least 40 years. Even so, if the belt or motor breaks then the washing machine doesn’t work either.
Well sure, but my original point was that a “smart” couch still functions perfectly fine as a couch with or without its “smart” features.