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New oven and they lock the air fryer functionality behind wifi. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by northendtrooper@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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.

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I bought one of those ge induction ovens to swap out a gas one. The only smart feature I liked was the ability to turn my oven on to preheat from my phone. Guess what feature just doesn't work no matter the tech support help i get with it.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago

I worked for a phone manufacturer a few years ago. We'd get callers who were referred to us by shitty IOT vendors who wanted to insist their buggy apps just didn't work because our phone broke it and not because their crappy IOT "features" were clearly tossed together by lowest bidder contractors they stopped paying 2 years ago. The number of IOT devices I just referred the customer to the Google Play reviews and read them the first 5 reviews that all detail various bugs in the companion app was concerning to say the least

[–] rtc@beehaw.org 11 points 4 days ago

Seems to me like they do not know how to make a good oven.

[–] MagicShel@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Why the fuck can't we make things hot without the internet? FFS

Fire: "I got you, bro."

[–] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

A fire is what you may get when a hacker decides to turn the oven on for you.

[–] SteevyT@beehaw.org 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like playing Zomboid, but you don't actually have to break into the house to put your clothes in the oven and turn it on.

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[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Our GE Profile oven did the same. Of course the software is so shit, it tripped up connecting to the VLAN I set up and now it has air fry mode and no wifi.

Maybe try switching to airplane mode on your phone while trying to onboard the oven? I’m sure it’s too late for that.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 days ago

They are smart because they know how to spy on you without telling you.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe you can buy a DLC to have additional functionality. Or you need to pay micro transactions with each cooking. No money is wasted.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Any smart feature must be optional.

I have smart lights at home, none is required to get light in the rooms, they are only used for mood lighting.

[–] Vodulas@beehaw.org 8 points 5 days ago

We have a lot of smart plugs that we use for plant timers. They are way more accurate than the old school notched wheel ones and we can set them to actual sunrise and sunset. They also can just be turned on and used like a switch if the internet goes out

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