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
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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