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Whether it be electronics, automobiles or medical equipment, the manufacturers should not be able to horde “oem” parts, render your stuff useless if you repair it with aftermarket parts, or hide schematics of their products.

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I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud | Jeff Geerling (www.jeffgeerling.com)

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Software developer and open source proponent Jeff Geerling recently purchased a new Bosch 500 dishwasher, only to find it required an app to access certain features. This is his story.

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[–] timewarp@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Both actually... most smart meters are now smart enough to identify specific appliances, some have raised concerns & published papers showing that they may even be able to determine what TV channel an individual is watching. Power companies of course are also implementing machine learning to gather even more detailed information & behavioral patterns, including identifying patterns & usage of each household member:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonintrusive_load_monitoring

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9713145