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Comment by imglorp

14 hours ago

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.

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.

  • Sure it's clever. But it also means you can't repair the appliance without the manufacturer's server to decode it for you.