I let our LG Washer-Dryer connect to Wi-Fi, but blocked its access to the Internet. I don't want it communicating with whatever cloud service they run, I just hoped there would be a local web page to scrape or some other port open so I could build a "Send a Signal message when the dryer finishes" service.
Alas, no, it only makes outgoing connections to its cloud service. I'm not ready to commit the time to trick it into communicating with something I develop.
Installing the app was required to get the unit to connect to Wi-fi. I had blocked the app's Location permission so they can't sell my data to an aggregator, denied the Microphone permission, and took away Camera and Nearby Devices after it scanned the barcode on the washer/dryer.
Now this. It sends advertisements in an Android notification.
I do appreciate some Internet of Things devices. I like being able to graph production data from the rooftop solar panels over time, and the status of the home's battery, for example. But so much of IoT is just in service to enshittification. It is maddening.
LG, if you're listening: I'm sure you track the number of people who click on that notification, maybe with some attempt to estimate conversions and attribute revenue. You need to also track the loss of goodwill.
I rage-uninstalled the app right after taking this screenshot, you need to correlate app store install metrics with when your ad campaigns run. That should feed in somehow to a loss of future revenue estimate, by souring attitudes amongst your installed base.
Lighting goodwill on fire to generate heat can result in revenue, but not without a cost.
