The point here is:
- not all functionality is available as-is. You need to install a cloud connected app.
- a cloud connection is not per se one direction. It is more than possible, the people operating this cloud (for Bosch) have the means (read: api) to connect back into your network via the hardware.
You might take a good look at this work.
As long as the firmware of the dishwasher isn’t audited by third parties (or even better: open source), who knows what it is able to do in your network?
And all of this is not necessary, before the cloud, dishwashers worked fine too.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 6 days ago
As the video explains, if it was optional to add features, that’s fine. But you can’t access basic features like rinse only without connecting your dishwasher to their cloud service.
It’s offensive. I got a Bosch last year because my other Bosch is good. I saw the cloud requirements and got enraged too. I should have sent it back. But I had the higher end version that put only the more obscure features behind their cloud revenue extraction.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Have you considered buying a dishwasher without this connectivity nonsense? They still sell them, you know.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 6 days ago
As I said, I didn’t know. I bought the exact same model that I bought the year before. I considered returning it but I have kids and dishes to do. I spent hours installing it.
CameronDev@programming.dev 6 days ago
The line between “optional add”, and “base features” will differ per user, so personally, mine can do everything I need it to on the controls, and the cloud stuff is value add.
My only complaint with Bosch is that my washing machine from the same vintage doesn’t have any remote start features, so i can’t run it via homeassistant.