Do you simply throw clothes into your washing machine and hit start? Ditch the default setting in favor of a more nuanced ...

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It’s nice to have options, but when it comes to washing machine settings, decision fatigue is real. On my Maytag, there are nine wash cycles, including something called Whitest Whites. And that’s on ...