When I sold my old apartment it still had the original appliances, more than 20 years old. A year prior I ordered a part for them directly from the manufacturer and changed it myself.

You just need to pick a brand that offers support long term. Hint: it's not going to be the cheapest one.

Goes without saying, in the new house we bought the exact same brand for almost everything. Don't want to use the "spy" functions? Don't connect them to the internet, you're going to have a dumb machine as before. I for one enjoy the chance of getting notified when it's done or preheating the oven one the way home.

No workers fought and died for washing machines. It was 20th century "tech Bros" who created them, and were adopted in communist and capitalist countries alike. Luddites (old and modern) are just afraid and cause overall harm just to save their own skin and not having to learn a new skill.