• exanime@lemmy.today
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      8 months ago

      Exactly my thought hahaha my house is normal size and I can hear that sucker beeping anywhere

      Now, all joking aside, what’s the big advanta of knowing exactly when the cycle finishes? I get that it may vary because of the new sensor driven cycles but still… Unless you are running a laundromat and every second of machine use counts, I can ballpark it just fine

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        8 months ago

        ADHD, OCD and other neuro atypicals often need reminders or an action item that needs to be cleared. The features can be used by an infinite set of one offs, starting a load remotely before driving home from work, sometimes you are just under a time crunch. The burden of responsibility here is product enshitification not making us fear features, not someone wanting to utilize a feature rich product.

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          8 months ago

          Thank for the reply… I do get that accessibility part for anyone with any disability…however, any device that requires manual interaction, benefits little from remote starting … why would you put in a load but start it 8 hours later?

          In any case, 100% in agreement that the fault lies with the vendors enshitification and not the product or feature … Same with the home assistant, AI, gene mapping (23&me stuff), etc

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        8 months ago

        I can hear that sucker beeping anywhere

        You can make them quieter or even silent these days with the “signal cycle” or similar setting, a legitimate thing I want to do but mine don’t tell me when they’re done so I leave them loud.

        what’s the big advanta of knowing exactly when the cycle finishes?

        Even when on my Adderall I forget I set it all the time and wind up with smelly wet clothes too often. Also would be nice to get an alert if my wife set it without telling me, then I can easily swap it out if I’m not doing anything and she is.

        I want a washer/dryer with these features now goddamnit