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I think I might pay extra for analog controls and no wifi on a dehumidifier

Maybe they can store the water as Ice-9 for easier disposal. (J/k - sarcasm)

And it will become completely useless if the company decides to switch off the server.

I was shopping for a new dehumidifier this morning and this made me chuckle. I don't need an app/wifi for it, I just need the compressor to not die.

My solar panel connects to the Internet so it can tell the servers when the Sun is out.

What if the purpose of "smart" appliances isn't really to improve customer experience, but it's to make something that the factory that's making the bulk of the appliance can't copy easily?

It wasn't till the second time scrolling past I got this joke.

If the circuit board is insulated as well as my dishwasher, it’ll keep over in less than a season.

@jessicawildfire.bsky.social

I’m totally onboard with the spirit of this, but I do have a good use of my dehumidifier’s WiFi. Rather than simply relying on relative humidity, an automation maintains a set dew point in my basement. (RH and temp kindly provided by the dehumidifier.)

The update institutes dehumidifying as a service that requires a subscription, the moment it gets really hot and humid.

even when something does benefit from networking, I am surprised at how many manufacturers seem to be unaware of the existence of the RJ45 port

Its cheaper for the industries to pretend to innovate than it is to actually innovate, and its more profitable to pretend to innovate than it is to admit that there's little else to innovate on.

I actually appreciate that I get a push notification when the laundry is done, since the washer and dryer are down in the sub-basement, but it's not like I couldn't just set a timer.

I despise the push of "smart" devices, and I despise them being named "smart". There's mostly nothing smart about them.

This is one of the reasons I like my old car, with no online BS.

The "remote update" will be that it starts playing 15-second ads every 2 hours that you can disable with a $5/month subscription.

Oh hey I know that guy on the left.

Zooliminology.

Obligatory youtu.be/GT_h_RE-zYg?...

"Ooo, this is more watery than water..."

oh, can i have one? i need a lot of deuterium for...reasons...

I'm pretty sure there is some amount of a kinetic isotope effect in dehumidification, so you probably could enrich heavy water through repeated dehumidification/humidification cycles. It would just be terribly inefficient.

But if you wait next years model will have AI.

Months ago, I went to a small restaurant. They said they couldn't make food because their order-taking software was down. I had cash, and they could not make food because they depended on a remote computer operating properly. xkcd readers may understand why this is dumb, but the general public?

It needs wifi to be able to patch security vulnerabilities that wouldn't be possible without wifi.

That was ridiculous. There is no reason that a DVD player should require Wi-Fi.

makes me think of my "Smart" LG fridge with Wifi connection but it doesn't even report the actual temperature in the fridge, you can only change the settings.

i have programmed for what is essentially giant industrial humidity monitors and controls, with internet access. Different needs than a residence.

Remote updates of its software to connect to internet to get remote updates

By "update" they actually mean "bricking".

That is my old person take. I just want some things to work. Not everything needs bluetooth or wifi access. I just want my fridge to keep things cold, and my bathroom vent to remove steam. I don't want my bed to need updates.

Good thing the internet is a series of tubes! You never know what you will need to fill the pipe with.

Reminds me of the @jeffgeerling.com video on his "smart" dishwasher and yeah, this future is going normal. youtu.be/5M_hmwBBPnc?...

Ice-9.

Someone hacked my mom's dehumidifier, and cranked it to 11, now my mother has been mummified.

So, if you buy a matching humidifier, do they try to DOS each other?

Beauty idea!

There's plenty more where that came from ...

edit: moon time

Love it when the title text is as funny/funnier than the comic

If you run a humidifier and a dehumidifier you can transmit water over wifi

The WiFi is to access data from your phone which will then be sent to homeland security. You live in a fascist state now... Get used to it.