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Re:Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM by yojo on Monday May 30, 2022 @10:09AM (#31559129)
I did the same thing with my range hood. Just no reason for those things to have electronics in them.

There’s a Canadian company Victory that sells a couple PCB-free models at prices that are reasonable.

Re:Bob Cassette Rewinder: Hacking Detergent DRM by mgdlbp on Monday May 30, 2022 @10:59AM (#31559720)
> PCB-free

Interesting coinage. I wonder if something like it will gain traction. I see 'silicon-free' has been used on HN twice in relevant contexts so far:

https://hn.algolia.com/?query=silicon-free&type=comment