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.
Jeff Geerling
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2025-03-24 04:56:51 UTC
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