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Bosch appliances
Raised as a usability problem by 11 people on Hacker News over 8 years (2018–2025), in 12 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Bosch appliances, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 11 complaints
- Timer starts at 3 hours then drops sharply after 20 minutes, unexplained2025-11-27
- Smart appliances link to one account, so other household members can't operate them2025-07-07
- Setup requires hotspot, companion app and Wi-Fi password entry, with unreliable software at each step2024-11-27
- Accidental brushes change settings or pause cycles, leaving users confused2024-01-10
- Same-looking rotary controls work differently across appliances, with inconsistent menus and settings access2023-03-06
- Oven interface is terrible, both physical controls and software2022-12-04
- Sticky spinning wheel makes doing everything awkward2022-01-21
- Touch panel controls are awkward and hard to use2021-11-20
- Worn-off lettering and buttons that need long pressure to register touch2020-09-30
- Controls mix touch, dial and color display, making a simple task take many steps2019-08-27
- Spent 30 minutes unable to change heater settings; poor UX2018-10-12