My washer, dryer, dishwasher, furnace, air conditioner, sprinklers, and refrigerator don’t have an ethernet jack, or a wifi antenna, and are not connected to the “cloud”.
They don’t need to be.
These are appliances that have worked just fine for the last 900 years without being “connected”, and don’t need to be “connected”.
They’re over thinking it.
New connected appliances breakdown far more often than the old nonconnected ones. Generating more revenue for the manufacturer.
Wow! And I thought I was doing good with my fridge that is just a baby at 40 years old!