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Homeowner baffled after washing machine uses 3.6GB of internet data a day (www.newsweek.com)
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[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 4 points 7 months ago

And I bet you it reduces reliability, because all those fancy electronics are absolutely crucial for it to work at all and brittle as a sand castle. So you'll end up with a white brick if the wifi module craps out or a capacitor gets too warm.