During Covid our dishwasher crapped out and I needed a replacement. Shopped online to find the model I wanted, of course it was on extended back-order due to whatever shortages and shipping delays. So I opted for another model, just because it was "in stock" at the Home Depot.
My dishwasher has WiFi.
Should I bother to ever figure out how to connect it to my network, something I am NOT inclined to do, I can carry my smart phone to the Lay-z-Boy in the living room and turn on my dishwasher. Again, WTF? I still have to stick in a soap pellet. Why not just push the start button at that time?
Maybe my dishwasher can communicate with your refrigerator and explain to it that we don't need vegetables in our home because most of them get pushed around on the plate and then washed off the plate during the scrub cycle?