It seems that finding an appliance without some WiFi connectivity and an app to load your laundry data into the cloud is an increasingly difficult thing to do in the 2020s. Many of us resolutely refuse to connect these smart appliances to the Internet, but not because we don’t see the appeal — we just want to do it on our own terms.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://hackaday.com/2024/04/07/the-easy-way-to-make-a-smart-appliance/