I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud

Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by jmholla on Monday March 24, 2025 @02:39PM (#43464103)

> When I posted on social media about this, a lot of people told me to return it.

> But I spent four hours installing this thing built into my kitchen.

I sympathize with the author and what Bosch is doing here is ridiculous and I am fully against it.

But, they're not going to care about your complaints. Returning it and hitting them in the pocketbook is really the only way consumers have to send messages that companies hear.

It's a pain, but if you truly care about this, you, sadly, have to put in extra effort to fight back.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by kulahan on Monday March 24, 2025 @06:09PM (#43465930)

If your audience is big enough, your complaints can end up hitting their pocket book.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by dawnerd on Monday March 24, 2025 @06:46PM (#43466193)

Exactly. I'm in the market for a Dishwasher and was highly considering a Bosch based on all the positive reviews from CR and such. Now I'm not considering them at all.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by nerdponx on Monday March 24, 2025 @11:51PM (#43467967)

Shame on CR for not calling this out. I've become a little mistrustful of them in recent years after having not-great experiences with their high-rated products, and great experiences with products that they didn't rate at all. This adds to my mistrust.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by arandomsapien on Sunday April 06, 2025 @06:26PM (#43605493)

Same exact story here. I was heavily leaning towards Bosch because "buy once, cry once" and their products seemed very high quality. I'll be looking elsewhere now.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by lmm on Monday March 24, 2025 @08:02PM (#43466718)

Clearly his complaint is worth less than the amount of effort to return the dishwasher, so it can't be worth that much.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by lukeschlather on Monday March 24, 2025 @09:50PM (#43467366)

Return and replace. Which counting installation costs approaches the value of the dishwasher.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by r0ckarong on Monday March 24, 2025 @07:39PM (#43466575)

Isn't it kind of silly going "YOU fix this problem I'm complaining about" in the first place? If he isn't willing to return the machine, why would anyone else bother?

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by sitkack on Monday March 24, 2025 @06:51PM (#43466228)

I look forward to Jeff inserting a "Bosch Sux" interstitial into his Youtube videos.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by _carbyau_ on Monday March 24, 2025 @08:17PM (#43466831)

If someone has "influencer" power they could drag it into the back yard and light it on fire for a Youtube video.

See how Bosch likes the power of web ads.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by monksy on Monday March 24, 2025 @10:34PM (#43467621)

You can also look up their board's email addresses and send a complaint direct to them.

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Re:I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud by ycombinatrix on Sunday April 06, 2025 @06:51PM (#43605667)

sunk cost fallacy

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