Most probably the new washing machine will have a microprocessor anyway being IoT ;), so it's just the cost of sensors and servos that adds to the BOM.

As a side note, and JFYI, a celebration of connected washers (by IBM):

https://www.ibm.com/blogs/internet-of-things/washing-iot-sol...

Particularly:

>New business transformation opportunities can be explored whereby the washing machine itself can be turned into a service where the thing is not purchased, but given to the user, with the user adopting a pay per wash experience.

The first example of WAASH (Washing As A Service, Hot) I ever saw.

Aah, this the devious "product as a service" model, at least here they properly call it leasing, unlike the companies that adopted Keurigification

I am not sure to understand, actually they (I mean the cited IBM article authors) don't call it "leasing", they explicitly promote the idea of "pay per wash".

Oh, well if it is so, then it is also an Example of Keurigification

Washing can be the free tier, and then monetize by coverting to premium(dryer).