Chris PartridgeA friend sent this to me and y'all might enjoy
Tom Gwynplaine@tweedge Why would you need an app for a fridge?!
PJ "Vote Green" CoffeyWell part is the CEO urge to use the "less than perfect" chips made in Taiwan. Their offcuts and rejects are a) cheap b) plentiful and c) offer wildly more power than needed.
The other part is that having contents logged and what is in a fridge helps people with disabilities and remote monitoring e.g. of aged person still living independently.
Suitable for everyone? No. Useful in niche cases that benefit from mass market support? Yes.
Hope that helps! I'm no expert!
varx/social@Homebrewandhacking @tomgwynplaine @tweedge I somehow feel that the disabled and elderly are not top-of-mind for the people designing and selling these fridges, even if that subset of the population finds some of those features useful.
Sure. You're familiar with ads for infeasibly clumsy people on TV? Reconsider my statements.
But yes they aren't the "target market" but they're the only people with anything approaching an actual need for an app. Do you need an app? I don't need an app. But must use computing and apps so line goes up. As they say.
@Homebrewandhacking @tomgwynplaine @tweedge Yeah, I'm aware of those -- there's a market of people with poor motor control, and (happily) there are companies that target that market.
The thing I'm getting at is that there's a difference between "why would this be useful to anyone" and "why is this being made at all". For fridges, I think there's quite a divergence.
If you need to design a thing then you need to know what you're trying to do. That means addressing or concocting a need.
The question I was providing a potential answer to was "why does a fridge need an app?"
This is called "making conversation". The expected responses include offering alternative theories or adding additional information.
I am no longer interested in conversing with you on this topic. Good day.