When I got this house, all my appliances were Samsung. It's been five years. None of my appliances are Samsung.

Well it easy to just repair your own washing machine yours-..... Oh it's Samsung, never mind. Overly complex electronics and digital control made to not be fixable and break just after warrenty. But on the upside, it has ads and doesn't work without an app on your phone!

Remember the time when a washing machine actually was made to wash clothes, for over 20 years? Or a fridge, which was designed to keep your products cool, for over 20 years? Without a monthly subscription, no ads, no updates, no popups, no ai which doesn't work, no phone connectivity required, etc. And all for a reasonable price, as it wasn't an overly complex computer. 120 euros for a washing machine which lasts for over 20 years, or a 650 euros for one that lasts 2 years and 2 months.

We're not buying appliences that make our life easy anymore. We're just buying trinkets designed to make companies and billionaires as rich as possible.

My rule is if you’ve ever made a TV or cell phone I’ll NEVER buy your appliance.

the worst part is that said electronic component will have been the cheapest one to physically manufacture, but because it's the hardest to copy they can charge whatever the fuck they like

That's why you prepare a hallway with like 20 of these alcoves. When one machine breaks, you simply pump it full of cement and plaster it over. It just becomes part of the wall. It remains there, entombed forever, like some latter-day washing machine Pompeii. Or maybe you don't plaster over them at all. Maybe you proudly display them. "These are the washing machines of my ancestors..."

For us it was the $180 concrete counterbalance weight that broke, dented the front panel, and broke the drain tube clean out up front. Hunk of junk.

My wife was a huge Samsung fan. When it came time to get a washer I found a ding and dent option at a habitat for humanity ReStore. It likes to get unbalanced but it's still kicking after 8 years. I didn't expect it to last this long. But I know for a fact the next time we get one my wife will not care if it's Samsung or not.

I moved recently and had some small filing cabinets that needed to be moved downstairs (and subsequently back upstairs). I was amazed at how heavy the near-empty, cheap sheet metal cabinets were, until I saw the giant paver stones bolted to the inside back wall to give them support when the drawers are open.

Modern ranges/stoves do this also, and some of them even have the concrete blocks bolted to the outside where you can see them. Albeit on the back.

Some higher end models have a cast iron weights instead.

Quote the Samsung, "Error: Door."

I thought we had those already.

You'll likely kill the motor or drum elements. In essence, your washing machine is an unbalanced centrifuge that tries to release the energy differential by moving the entire thing.

If you restrict its movement, the whole load and the respective mechanical stress will fall on parts moving and holding the drum. They are not meant to hold that kind of load and will break quickly.

Your house will blow up and explode

The forces that would normally just affect the washing machine and the floor it's on will now affect the bracketed surface. Depending on the type of construction the violent vibrations will start to decay that section of the building. Brick will eventually crack and crumble, wood may not break but it'll be louder. The problem is mainly that with this setup there's no extra dampener, so the best solution is to buy a washing machine with better dampening system. FWIW my machine suspends its drum with two shock absorbers on the bottom and two suspension springs at the top, and has a central motor instead of an offset one with a belt. It also has concrete counterweights and a digital load-balancing system. If you're having problems with your machine you should find one with similar features

Vibrations don't just vanish when they hit solid concrete.

Your entire wall will vibrate, which will distribute the sound through the house and make the machine seem much louder than it normally is. Potentially, this might eventually result in cracks in the concrete wall: concrete is very strong in compression, but has low tensile strength, low ability to resist pulling forces ... and every vibration is a quick succession of compression and tension.