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  • reev@sh.itjust.works
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    A friend has a washing machine where you can put all your stuff in, schedule it to finish at [time you’re back from work] so you can immediately hang it up to dry. That ones wifi connected.

    Maybe that also works without Internet but I’ve only seen that feature on those connected to the Internet.

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      My 10 year old machine can do that. No need for internet. Just set an end time. I would think basically every washing machine could do that unless you get the cheapest model around?

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        I feel like every washing machine I’ve used in my conscious lifetime has had an end timer.

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          On the Uber budget end it’s not an option.

          And while I haven’t been shopping for one, the few times a glanced inside the home center over the last year, they all were WiFi connected.

          Even my living room TV, if I don’t hook it up to WiFi, has an annoying blinking light asking you to hook it up.

          It’s an industry problem, not a consumption problem.