re: I love technology and all, but looking at washing machines and we may have gone too far

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This high-capacity top-loading washer has a suite of cloud-based features including AI voice assistant and remote monitoring.

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Salesperson: this model lets you turn on the washer from your phone
Me: will it collect my clothes from the laundry bin and load the soap?
Salesperson: of course not, you have to do that
Me: then why do I need Wi-Fi if I’ll be standing right next to the washer
Salesperson: umm…let me go ask my manager