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I bought a new Bosch a year ago to replace my broken Bosch. The mandatory wifi to a cloud service to access the same features that were a physical button on my old Bosch made me incredibly angry. This was the highest end Bosch dishwasher they sell. There is absolutely no excuse.
Consumer Reports is dead to me. They didn't mention it at all.
Feel free to contribute https://consumerrights.wiki/Bosch
I see Rossmann's influence here
Don't just complain, log+broadcast so others don't fall to same trap
They used to be great, but they just couldn't help themselves.
Surveillance is too tempting, and the idiots of the world keep buying this crap.