They are too expensive already, with too many buttons. I don’t want my washer and dryer to look like the control panel of a nuclear sub.
Mine are the simplest Kenmore models I could find, although I don’t know if those were made in the US. I think the brand may be obsolete by now since Sears is disappearing year by year.
Sadly the began to disappear when outhouses disappeared. Not to mention when they moved to the slick paper catalog.