hi, I’ve had my Whirlpool dishwasher since 1992. It still works like a charm. When you buy new appliances these days, they don’t last as long as the older ones do now. Anyway, just thought I would put my two cents in. Thanks. Esther
Sent From Esther’s Amazing and Awesome iPhone 7+! > On Jan 23, 2019, at 4:35 PM, Keith Bierman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 12:59 PM Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> I couldn’t agree with you more. I think the whole Smart appliance thing is >> incredibly over sold. I mean really. A smart refrigerator? Who really needs >> that? The description of what you could do with that Samsung refrigerator >> just made me scratch my head and wonderment as to why anybody would spend >> all that money for stuff that is so not necessary. > > Sadly, I think the smartness of the appliances isn't really the gating > factor. I'm old enough to recall appliances that were really built to last; > our relatively high end Bosch Dishwashers from just 13 years ago have both > failed (about 2 years apart), and the claim is that parts stopped being > available ... Bosch changed hands, the designs (and suppliers) changed, and > no one bothered to stock parts past the 7 years the US government mandates (I > probably could have tried to import parts from Europe). Our LG fridge was > fundamentally functional, but all of the little plastic bits were breaking > ... and our ovens both died because they weren't designed to actually survive > the heat of the self-cleaning cycle ... > > The software staleness/lack of updates endemic in embedded devices (routers, > gateways, TV's, etc.) is a big (and as more features are added, getting > bigger fast) problem, especially with respect to security ... but across > multiple industries, their solution isn't to engineer the sw bits to be > upgradable (perhaps upgrading processors as required) but to ensure the > entire appliance ceases to function in a short enough timeframe to mitigate > the need to cope with advancing technology. > > As a lifelong engineer, it makes me very sad. > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
