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== LG ThinQ and Download Cycles == | ==LG ThinQ and Download Cycles== | ||
I am shopping for a new dishwasher and I found that LG is also moving into cloud/app restricted features. They call them "download cycles". | I am shopping for a new dishwasher and I found that LG is also moving into cloud/app restricted features. They call them "download cycles". | ||
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Requirement to sign up to a cloud account; vulnerability to network attacks; reliance on LG infrastructure; no guarantees that the features will remain available for the lifetime of the appliance [[User:Etasse|Etasse]] ([[User talk:Etasse|talk]]) 15:11, 14 January 2026 (UTC) | Requirement to sign up to a cloud account; vulnerability to network attacks; reliance on LG infrastructure; no guarantees that the features will remain available for the lifetime of the appliance [[User:Etasse|Etasse]] ([[User talk:Etasse|talk]]) 15:11, 14 January 2026 (UTC) | ||
:You can probably make an article from that if you find people talking about it online. [[User:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|'''''AnotherConsumerRightsPerson''''']] ([[User talk:AnotherConsumerRightsPerson|talk]]) 16:02, 14 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
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LG ThinQ and Download Cycles
[edit source]I am shopping for a new dishwasher and I found that LG is also moving into cloud/app restricted features. They call them "download cycles".
According to the user guide, only one can be stored at a time. Absurd -- like memory storage was expensive.
The same issues apply:
Requirement to sign up to a cloud account; vulnerability to network attacks; reliance on LG infrastructure; no guarantees that the features will remain available for the lifetime of the appliance Etasse (talk) 15:11, 14 January 2026 (UTC)
- You can probably make an article from that if you find people talking about it online. AnotherConsumerRightsPerson (talk) 16:02, 14 January 2026 (UTC)