I won't connect my dishwasher to your stupid cloud

I don't recommend the Bosch 500 series. It's dumb. Sadly, it seems all appliance manufacturers are going this route. Where will we be in 5-10 years _next_ time I need to buy a new dishwasher? Probably even worse off. If you want to follow in the footsteps of my pain, by all means, here's an Amazon Affiliate link lol: https://amzn.to/4jgULZ1 Maybe I should just switch to high-temperature dishes and buy one of these industrial units text time: https://amzn.to/4izJbYT Here's that open source reverse-engineering project for Home Connect, if you're stuck in the Bosch ecosystem and want to have a crack at it: https://github.com/osresearch/hcpy Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - The Problem 00:28 - GE Adora and planned obscolescence 01:54 - Why I bought a Bosch 500 series 03:13 - First boot (why does a dishwasher need to boot?) 04:02 - Discovering the dumb 05:53 - What can I do? 07:35 - The can't keep doing this! (Ah, but they do) 09:45 - Dejection