This, 100%. An app that tells you the dryer is done is huge step down from a chime you can just hear. It makes the dryer more expensive, more difficult to use, and adds a whole separate piece of software (the app) that has nothing to do with drying clothes.
There are blenders being sold that act like they "don't know how" to make a smoothie unless you have an app and a recipe subscription. There's a whirring blade in the bottom of a bowl. You throw stuff in and turn it on. It doesn't need a recipe, much less an app to give you one!
The same goes for internet lightbulbs and other stuff. If you are running a huge hotel, sure, you need computerized property management. But for most folks, having the internet (with all its software and UI baggage) is a big minus in most products.
There are blenders being sold that act like they "don't know how" to make a smoothie unless you have an app and a recipe subscription. There's a whirring blade in the bottom of a bowl. You throw stuff in and turn it on. It doesn't need a recipe, much less an app to give you one!
The same goes for internet lightbulbs and other stuff. If you are running a huge hotel, sure, you need computerized property management. But for most folks, having the internet (with all its software and UI baggage) is a big minus in most products.