Good luck. My recommendation is to buy one from somewhere like Costco that adds an additional year to the warranty. Or check to see if any of your credit cards do the same.

A lot of modern dishwashers don’t even have heating elements anymore, but instead do a fan dry. There’s even one model that pops the door open when the cycle is over with to let out the steam and prevent condensation.

Wash them by hand. If you have kids, that's one of their chores. (Also, then your kids get to tell your grandkids how bad they had it... and make their kids wash the dishes.)

I grew up without a dishwasher, I was the dishwasher. The one I have in my house now barely gets used, so it's lasted almost 30 years. Also, when you have to wash them, you're more likely to rinse out a glass or mug and use it again, rather than reach for a clean one. Washing as you go makes the chore less arduous, when it's time.

A lot of modern dishwashers don’t even have heating elements anymore, but instead do a fan dry. There’s even one model that pops the door open when the cycle is over with to let out the steam and prevent condensation.

There's a technology beyond even those two approaches that works really well. Bosch only in their high end 800 series model (and their higher end Thermador brand) called "Crystal Dry". It uses a crystal desiccant in a compartment in the back of the tub. During the heating phase it forces heat through the desiccant drying it out from the previous run making it VERY moisture absorbent. Then during the drying phase it cycles air through the desiccant pulling nearly all water out of the air inside. The solid desiccant is used continuously without replacement.

The result is that the dishes, including plastics, come out bone dry (unless you have a bowl that flips over collecting water during a cycle). This also uses a small fraction of the energy needed for traditional drying and is significantly faster to dry. No door popping open, not cloud of steam when you open the dishwasher after it runs.

If you have a sizable amount of dishes, a dishwashing machine requires far less energy, far less water, produces much more sanitary dishes because it uses water at tempertures that human hands would be harmed by.