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New oven and they lock the air fryer functionality behind wifi. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by northendtrooper@lemmy.ca to c/technology

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CAFE by GE for those who are wondering.

We are renovating our house including all new appliances. I have told my partner to make sure we get non smart appliances. This is why.

Yes I can setup a VLAN for it to be on but that's not the point.

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[–] CHOPSTEEQ@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Our GE Profile oven did the same. Of course the software is so shit, it tripped up connecting to the VLAN I set up and now it has air fry mode and no wifi.

Maybe try switching to airplane mode on your phone while trying to onboard the oven? I’m sure it’s too late for that.

[–] Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 5 days ago

They are smart because they know how to spy on you without telling you.

[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Any smart feature must be optional.

I have smart lights at home, none is required to get light in the rooms, they are only used for mood lighting.

[–] Vodulas 8 points 5 days ago

We have a lot of smart plugs that we use for plant timers. They are way more accurate than the old school notched wheel ones and we can set them to actual sunrise and sunset. They also can just be turned on and used like a switch if the internet goes out

[–] thingsiplay 6 points 5 days ago

Maybe you can buy a DLC to have additional functionality. Or you need to pay micro transactions with each cooking. No money is wasted.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Ugh I see CAFE in all caps and all I can think of corporate average fuel economy

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