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imglorplast Tuesday at 3:29 AM1 replyview on HN

That's some advanced gatekeeping right there. Where other appliances might have a blink code or several digit error display (Miele) to look up in a manual, the phone method tires you to the manufacturer.


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noAnswerlast Tuesday at 5:24 AM

The support hotline will ask you to hold your phone towards the device. It is less error-prone (than a human) and contains more info than a blink code. I find it really clever.

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