>>>>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/26/miele_joins_internetofst_hall_of_shame/
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>>>>Sigh...
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>>>I stopped using a dishwasher a long time ago. I think most of them suck. I wash dishes by hand and I'm teaching Katy to do the same thing.
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>>The thing is, manufacturers want to start making appliances that *only* have a web interface. They want your smartphone to be its UI instead of having a panel on the device itself. Reduces cost, more flexible. >
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>Exactly.
>I'm working on something like that for a client now.
>The days of gadgets like the TV remote are numbered.

Having an app to send signals from IR capable devices IMO is a good thing - reduces the stable of different remotes and 2 most used buttons misfunctioning;-))

Going over WLAN to transmit wishes is not