No more Bosch for me.. - eviltoast

Nice write-up by Jeff.

Things are getting out of hand. It’s time for a change. Only buy equipment with local access.

  • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    This is pathetic.

    I’m glad you enjoy your home connect. A dishwasher shouldn’t need an internet connection to function. Period. Full stop.

    “Just put it on an isolated network” is ridiculous advice, when there shouldn’t even be a need.

    Even if you assume there are no vulnerabilities to find, even if you assume their administrators are never evil, the only reason to require cloud service is to invade my privacy and collect data.

    That’s it. They’re selling your data. Maybe you are fine with that. We are not.

    • CameronDev@programming.dev
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      10 days ago

      No need for name calling.

      My dishwasher is completely fine without the cloud. Period. Full stop.

      There is no need to put it on the network, but if you want to, and are paranoid, you can connect it to an isolated network. If you dont want to, dont, and the dishwasher will work.

      There are valid use cases for the networking, beyond data collection, if you dont like it, dont use it. I do like it, and I’d rather support companies that do provide first party homeassistant support.