CAFE by GE for those who are wondering.

We are renovating our house including all new appliances. I have told my partner to make sure we get non smart appliances. This is why.

Yes I can setup a VLAN for it to be on but that’s not the point.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    5·
    4 hours ago

    It’s only a matter of time before corporate WANs like Amazon sidewalk and/or the ever decreasing cost of cellular modems and IOT contracts mean they won’t even ask anymore.

    Then it’s time to heat up the soldering iron and disable the wireless connectivity in hardware.

    • underisk@lemmy.ml
      7·
      4 hours ago

      which is great until you realize that if it cant connect to a server somewhere to download the latest Ad manifest it crashes the OvenOS and now your warranty is void AND you can’t bake a cake.

        • underisk@lemmy.ml
          2·
          2 hours ago

          doesn’t seem to have stopped them from locking functionality that does not require an internet conneciton behind an internet connection, so i don’t see why they would care.