Comment on You didn't bought it you rented it!

• MrJameGumb@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Knowing LG it’s probably updates to make it play Jingle Bells at Christmas time or something lol

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  • Rouxibeau@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Sounds like paywalling security updates.

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    • cashsky@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Those pesky hackers turning off my washing machine when I’m trying to do laundry!

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      • pleb_maximus@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Well, if your washing machine was connected to the internet you would also need security updates. Of course the only reason you’d connect your washing machine to the internet would be in order to get said security updates in the first place.

        Great job creating a need by developing the fix for it in the first place.

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      • _wampa__stompa@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Potentially more serious than that. A poorly protected washing machine (or any other IOT device) can serve as an attack vector into your local network.

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• Clocksstriking13@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I think it’s for “smart” washing machines that you can control from your phone etc. So that’s likely what the “updates” would be related too…why you’d need to control your washing machine from afar is beyond me but some people love smart gadgets and will by anything that connects to their phone.

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  • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    There are cases for it, eg programming a wash to occur when energy demand is low.

    In my opinion we should be pursuing technologies to do this that don’t require an internet connection. Even being able to program a schedule into the machine and it can detect if something is in there or not. That would be enough since energy usage follows a relatively consistent plot. These companies don’t give a shit about anything other than coming up with ways to make more money.

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    • Gork@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      The cost of the laundry subscription is likely to vastly out cost the energy savings it may provide.

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      • mayo@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Ya it’s a shit idea to go subscription in any situation. You really do not need any kind of ongoing updates/subscription unless the product was built around a subscription model. If it can done mechanically on basic programmable outlets then it can be coded the same way. I would be fine buying a laundry machine, asking my utilities provider what time to run it, and then programming that into the machine manually.

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  • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Huh. I do my best to avoid anything that connects to my phone.

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