My oven only has two settings. Off and hotter than the surface of the sun. We manage to feed ourselves perfectly adequate, even though it obviously thinks we're to stupid to cope with things like temperature and fan on/off, never mind the time, which packed up first.
The washing machine drawer has three label written on the edge with permanent marker - Power, Softener and No Idea.
My Tumble dryer is 8 years old. I only found out three days ago that it's got a function that flips clothes around to stop them from creasing after the drying cycle finishes. I won't be using it.
Just had a new boiler fitted three days ago. The thermostat interferes with the wifi, going by the number of times the internet has refused to work since it was installed. I've got until next October to work out how to switch the heating on and I'm really only interested in having hot water when I turn the tap on. Unfortunately, either it's chucking out carbon monoxide or the brand new fancy CO2 monitor is faulty, so we have neither heating or hot water until somebody comes out sometime in the next month to have a look at it again. I'd be fine if we had a real fire - you put things in, set light to them and you get heat.
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I work in a very technical job. i repair electrical and mechanical items. i use computers and other equipment daily. But I just want something that performs simple functions - I have no intention of letting somebody sell a digital file of exactly what's kept in the fridge and how often I visit it when I'm due on, how many times dinner gets burned, how long I spend in the shower when I'm going out, so whether I'm shaving my legs or not and how many times I forget a cup of tea and let it get cold and need it reheated, never mind a record of who comes to the door, complete with images and timestamps for what time I leave and what time I come back/whether I'm in the house alone or whether it's been left empty.
Technology, despite it being what I'm using now and what makes me my living, is utter bollocks sometimes.