Originally Posted By: tanstaafl.
I think the vendor is going to be concerned with how clean his machine gets clothes, and is not going to be interested in re-tooling his factory and increasing his manufacturing cost in order to accommodate the tiny percentage of nerds and geeks who think it is a good idea to connect their washing machines to the internet.


Well, for pretty much everybody selling boxes, the fashionable trend right now is to move back to the old IBM mainframe revenue model. They don't want to sell you a washing machine, they want you to subscribe to a washing machine service, where the customer pays a monthly fee for having their washing machine maintained and updated. Great idea, but why would I want to have my washing machine updated, and does it really benefit from preventive maintenance?