Because people keep their fridges too long. They need to be able to remote brick them when they want you to buy a new one.
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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Agreed. It should say "costs".
I'll show myself out now.
it seems like it happens enough to be an acceptable alternate way of saying the cost of something; I see it a lot, including (in fact mostly) by native speakers
Languages evolve, or we'd all still be grunting the first sounds. "No, the other other rock. Damn, we should come up with more names for things!"
The worst part is the silly over priced fridges you buy probably won't even last 10 years anymore. Sure they're more efficient, but if you have to replace it every 10-15 years, is it really worth it? I'd sooner have a slightly less efficient fridge that I know will last than one that can show me ads and look fancy.
"More efficient"
- has french doors,
- has water dispenser,
- has two seperate frozen zones (ice and freezer)
- has main freezer on bottom
No way this thing is anywhere near efficent.
Those things make it more inefficient?
Having the main freezer on the bottom is insanely inefficient. Hot air rises, and cold air falls. When a freezer is on the top, all of the cold air is generated in that freezer, and then it falls through a channel into the main refrigeration area. It keeps both compartments cold using just one system.
Freezer on the bottom requires either a separate cooling system for the main fridge, or a series of fans that constantly draw cold air upwards, wasting electricity in the process.
"buy fridge premium to open it without ads"
Meanwhile, my grandmother had a fridge from the 1960s that still worked fine when she replaced it in 2013.
That's a lot of money for a fancy box of cold.
Fk SmartHomes TBH, things shouldn´t be so complex just so you can be a tiny bit more lazy.
They don't even do anything - simple is better.
I could see my daughter doing this
Yeah this screams GenZ. I respect it.
So hot
If you actually want a smart fridge then be aware that when the display breaks, they will charge you the price of a new fridge to replace it.
I would consider the broken display to be a feature tho.
Yeah I don't need to watch TV on my fridge, I just need it to cool shit
But can it run doom?
Yes. Yes it can. People port doom to smart fridges surprisingly often.
.....what does the display show even?
What's in your fridge, as well helpful reminders to Shop™ Now™ to keep your Fridge SaaS™ running smoothly
That sounds like you're paying to have ads in your own home.
Indeed! Just like a Netflix subscription!
How efficient is it? For that price I would expect top values. But seeing those 2 doors (for whatever reason someone wants to waste space like that): I doubt it.
how does two doors make it less space efficient
if anything, the freezer is more space efficient since there's no drawer to take up space
More doors = more gaskets = more seams = more heat loss
lmao
Smart devices of all types are just the worst. Literally just piling anti-features onto something to justify putting a circuit board in a toaster.