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I understand the axe to grind, but what about their spy tech hurts durability or warranty prospects; the thing your comments' parent was talking about?

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Do you not think it's relevant to mention to people that the appliance that they have in their house might be listening to everything they're saying and uploading it to LG's servers? A quick Google search shows that LG has WiFi enabled dishwashers/washing machines.

Simply providing a "smart" appliance is not damning the entire product line.

If you can disable the spying, then it's an irrelevant factor in the purchasing decision.

Would you prefer an A-grade quality appliance that can spy but that spying can be disabled, or a B-grade appliance that doesn't spy but needs replaced in three years?

I would prefer not to financially support a company that doesn't spy on me, even if it costs me a few hundred dollars more.

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