@becomethewaifu @hamatti Arguably that's "well-designed", and internet-connected/network-connected devices should just be called as such.

However, I'm somewhat reluctant to merge the two devices, as it is possible that internal redundancies and fault isolation may be subpar, which would mean that a failure of the drying system may affect the ability to wash clothes in general. An unacceptable performance degradation, I can still air dry things perfectly fine and shouldn't have to suspend my ability to do laundry (other than by hand) due to such a fault.

That being said, *maybe* they didn't skimp on fault isolation, but I'd need more information for certain.