IMEI can’t be read by apps since quite a few versions of Android ago (10, to be specific)

Yep. The right really did manage to pull a fast one on Sweden.

Ah, yeah. Gotcha. That tracks, for sure.

I guess this is going to depend on how you measure, right? What’s the methodology?

Google is not about to sell this data to anyone, the data is the money maker. They sell ads that are targeted based on the data - if they sell the data, they automatically lose their edge.

Well, you don’t necessarily need to deal with the laundry the second the machine is ready - if you merely set the alarm to be the approximate maximum time, you’re probably going to be fine with the laundry spending half an hour or so sitting wet in the machine.

If the alarm is easy to dismiss, then perhaps a reminder app could be of use. I frequently use Google Tasks with a time for the tasks to cope with everyday life, which sends a notification at the specified time.

An alarm could likely help you accomplish the same thing without the wifi-connected washing machine.

Whatever works for you works for you, though.

This is true, yeah. I didn’t know they were standalone units, which would be counterproductive with regards to saving money.

Maybe there’s some zoning issue at hand, though.

Larger homes cost more to build for obvious reasons, so with any given amount of money, you have to balance the amount of individual units you can build with the size of the units.

Which is to say that you can provide homes for more people if you make them tiny and not regular