• strayce@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    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.

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      1 year ago

      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

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        1 year ago

        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!”

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      Granted, this is just an anecdote, but I have several Samsung appliances; oven/stove, dishwasher, microwave, televisions, smart phone(okay, I guess those are technically an electronic), and I haven’t had any issues with them. They’ve served me well, even if I haven’t been the kindest to them.

      I guess the point I’m trying to make is “your mileage may vary.”

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        I got one Samsung TV for free for one reason or another – it never really worked properly because all its spyware shit kept tripping up on my custom DNS server.

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            There is no good reason to connect any tv to the internet. External devices, those can be connected. But to me the tv is just a big dumb screen.

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              I disagree; I find it useful to have apps like YouTube on my TV, it’s handy not having to plug in another device to watch content.

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    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.

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      1 year ago

      “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.

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          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.

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      1 year ago

      Meanwhile, my grandmother had a fridge from the 1960s that still worked fine when she replaced it in 2013.

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    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.

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    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.

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      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

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    1 year ago

    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.