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Re:SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next... by userbinator on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:04PM (#32685014)
Indeed, sensing the moisture in the load is literally a decades-old feature; look at the dates of these patents, for example:

https://patents.google.com/patent/US3402478A/en

https://patents.google.com/patent/US3758959A/en

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Re:SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next... by maxerickson on Thursday September 01, 2022 @09:39PM (#32685631)
The ~199x dryer I have shares service parts with a dryer from 1965 and they are still available.
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Re:SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next... by benj111 on Friday September 02, 2022 @03:13AM (#32687592)
Sharing service parts suggests they aren't exactly the same, ie it has changed as times have changed. Also sharing service parts doesn't preclude them adding a moisture sensor and shut off.
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