I Won’t Connect My Dishwasher to Your Stupid Cloud
22nd February 2026
This weekend I had to buy a new dishwasher because our old GE died.
I bought a Bosch 500 series because that’s what Consumer Reports recommended, and more importantly, I could find one in stock.
After my dad and I got it installed, I went to run a rinse cycle, only to find that that, along with features like delayed start and eco mode, require an app.
Not only that, to use the app, you have to connect your dishwasher to WiFi, set up a cloud account in something called Home Connect, and then, and only then, can you start using all the features on the dishwasher.
I always check for that before buying something. I would not buy such a product. (I do have a Bosch dishwasher, because I think them one of the best brands going, but the one I have works without an app.)
