Can't you tell it to ignore those connections?
I could swear I've gotten my iphone to forget a wifi network it had joined in the past but I couldn't remember how so I looked it up. Try this and see if it will do what you want.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208941
My new fridge has french doors. If you close one just right, the other one pops open and stays open. Seems pretty dumb but it is atleast smart enough to beep to tell me the door is open.
Both my new fridges were designed such that if it is installed beside a wall, you cant pull some drawers all the way out. Because the door needs to open more than 90° to give room for the drawers. Not sure if I should blame the home builder or the fridge designer for that. Probably both.
My new fridge has french doors. If you close one just right, the other one pops open and stays open. Seems pretty dumb but it is atleast smart enough to beep to tell me the door is open.
Both my new fridges were designed such that if it is installed beside a wall, you cant pull some drawers all the way out. Because the door needs to open more than 90° to give room for the drawers. Not sure if I should blame the home builder or the fridge designer for that. Probably both.
Or blame the purchasing department?
My new fridge has french doors. If you close one just right, the other one pops open and stays open. Seems pretty dumb but it is atleast smart enough to beep to tell me the door is open.
Both my new fridges were designed such that if it is installed beside a wall, you cant pull some drawers all the way out. Because the door needs to open more than 90° to give room for the drawers. Not sure if I should blame the home builder or the fridge designer for that. Probably both.
Or blame the purchasing department?
Blame everyone! Except myself I could have not bought the house because it wasn't perfect but I'm yet to see a perfect house.
This was aggravating enough, but the iPad sometimes connects to one of two neighbour's airconds.
In fairness, they haven't seen continuous use for all 31 years, but still... I'd buy this brand again!
In fairness, they haven't seen continuous use for all 31 years, but still... I'd buy this brand again!AEG?
Do yourself a favor and don't.
AEG is, as of today, a crappy Electrolux brand.
I had a fridge that lasted two fucking years before kicking the bucket.
Never again.
Yea it's marketing, product differentiation - we gotta one-up the competition with some feature they don't have. But sure, maybe a line of super dumb appliances would be a way to do that eventually ...
The one thing I do want brought back...the fully automatic Sunbeam toaster.
You sound like that old Ozzy Ozborne reality show where he would get frustrated and confused by modern tech.
Everything has a microprocessor, been that way for at least 20 years! Don't like it? Wash your dishes in the sink, use an old washtub and washboard with a crank ringer and clothes line, and get an ice box.
You just wait till all the yuppie hipsters get their way and you have to pair your phone and subscribe to data farming to toast your damn bread.THEN, you can complain, untill then, RTFM! [/rant]
Whenever I see someone use the phrase "Ok boomer" I instantly think that they're an idiot and wonder if they even realize how dumb it sounds? I'm a generation younger than the boomers. It's going to be funny when you get old and the kids start insulting you for being out of touch with the latest fads, it will happen.
I hate them all.
The dishwasher complains if it isn't level enough, or if the water doesn't get hot fast enough, and the stupid soap cup never opens right. AND WHY DOES IT NEED TO SING TO ME!!!!
The washing machine also complains about water temperature, or a load imbalance. The motor control wizardry seems to be too weak for the motor it's driving. AND WHY DOES IT NEED TO SING TO ME!!!
The dryer has hell with the dryness sensor...GAAA!!! That's it's one flipping job!!!
The refrigerator, oh the refrigerator...I hate it the most! Two ice makers that never want to make ice, one of which can never decide if crushed or cubed. The ice makers have heated tubes to keep the water from freezing on its way to the ice maker, and they fail. IT even spits water from the door sometimes while being told to dispense ice!! The control system can be deprogrammed down to some fail-safe state with a combination of button presses but can only be restored to full function by replacing the motherboard. Somebody please tell me why I need a refrigerator with a motherboard??? It annihilates fruits and vegetables in days, I haven't found the setting to stop that. It always wants its filter changed ($60 each). It even had to have a door seal changed on the freezer. Every systems seems to be tied to every other system by an under-powered power supply that is of course part of the motherboard.
I want my appliances dumb. Real dumb. Tired of this overpriced, under-performing garbage.
I also get annoyed by some of the tech. I love technology, but I really hate technology for the sake of technology, especially when I know the underlying machine is a flimsy piece of crap that is almost guaranteed to break down in a few years and probably have close to zero service information. I do love my Roomba vacuums but even those drive me crazy sometimes, if they get stuck they sit there and beep at me repeatedly for 10 minutes, I can't stand it! Why why why must it keep nagging me? I'll get up and help it out next time I get up, vacuuming the floor is not an emergency. I have zero interest in any of my household appliances connecting to the internet, I added a wireless notification to my washer and dryer that allow my Home Assistant server to tell when they've finished and ping my phone, other than that it's electromechanical timers in everything.
Look for some older appliances and pick those up, it's not too hard to find stuff from 10-20 years ago that has minimal "smarts", and if you're willing to work on it yourself you can keep it going almost indefinitely. Lots of people still using 30-40+ year old washers and dryers, lots of old fridges and dishwashers around still. Yeah they use a little more energy but unless you have 8 kids and run everything constantly I doubt you'll even notice the increase on the bill.
You sound like that old Ozzy Ozborne reality show where he would get frustrated and confused by modern tech.
Everything has a microprocessor, been that way for at least 20 years! Don't like it? Wash your dishes in the sink, use an old washtub and washboard with a crank ringer and clothes line, and get an ice box.
You just wait till all the yuppie hipsters get their way and you have to pair your phone and subscribe to data farming to toast your damn bread.THEN, you can complain, untill then, RTFM! [/rant]
Whenever I see someone use the phrase "Ok boomer" I instantly think that they're an idiot and wonder if they even realize how dumb it sounds? I'm a generation younger than the boomers. It's going to be funny when you get old and the kids start insulting you for being out of touch with the latest fads, it will happen.
At least our generations grew up with the internet and computers. Sure "fads" come and go and we all get "old fashioned", but actual tech progress isn't a fad...it's inevidable.
The boomers grew up with computers too, in a sense. My dad used one in college, sure it took up a whole room but it was a computer, and you had to be a lot smarter to use one in those days than you do now. That generation laid the groundwork and invented most of the concepts that went into modern computers. I know plenty of old farts who are tech savvy and know how to use all the latest gadgets, they're not idiots. Technology is great when it serves a useful purpose, I love technology when it makes my life easier or takes care of doing something boring and tedious so I don't have to do it. What I don't like is technology just for the sake of technology, adding complexity, cost and potential failure points with dubious benefit. Replacing something simple that works with something complicated just because we can. I really like having a computer controlling the fuel injection in my car, it's far superior in almost every way than a carburetor. I love having a smartphone, a versatile communication device and multipurpose tool that I can carry with me everywhere I go. The internet is great, I love being able to access datasheets for all sorts of parts, order items or check on the security cameras at my house from anywhere in the world. On the other hand I see no value in connecting my dishwasher or my refrigerator to the internet. I don't need or want an app for absolutely everything. I don't like it when "smart" devices try to predict what I want because invariably they get it wrong and create extra work for me at least as often as they get it right. I don't like it when a stream of frequent updates is constantly making changes to the look and functionality, it makes the device feel like some person's half baked hobby project that is never finished and I resent the waste of my time, even if in small amounts having to learn and adapt to some new change I never asked for. I refuse to buy hardware that depends on cloud infrastructure to work, I've already seen numerous cases of a company going out of business or discontinuing a product line which results in a bunch of bricked hardware because the proprietary infrastructure is gone.
At least our generations grew up with the internet and computers. Sure "fads" come and go and we all get "old fashioned", but actual tech progress isn't a fad...it's inevidable.
But my Boomer generation INVENTED computers (*) and the internet.
(*) "Modern" computers, anyway. The Eniac etc. were before my time. We all stand on the shoulders of giants!
“I’m smart…”
If they have to tell you they’re smart, they’re probably not.
It soon becomes obvious.
You sound like that old Ozzy Ozborne reality show where he would get frustrated and confused by modern tech.
Everything has a microprocessor, been that way for at least 20 years! Don't like it? Wash your dishes in the sink, use an old washtub and washboard with a crank ringer and clothes line, and get an ice box.
You just wait till all the yuppie hipsters get their way and you have to pair your phone and subscribe to data farming to toast your damn bread.THEN, you can complain, untill then, RTFM! [/rant]
Yeah, the smart-ass MBAs are buying all the "known good" brands and cheapening them, so brands really have little or no meaning any longer...