Samsung fridge subscription fee

https://sh.itjust.works/post/46708721

Samsung fridge subscription fee - sh.itjust.works

This is definitely on the horizon and future generations won’t even be aware of a time when you didn’t pay a subscription for every aspect of life. (TikTok screencap)

Smart fridges don’t even improve storing food.

I won’t buy a smart fridge until they can play Tetris with the food inside.

We’ve seen how this goes: Eventually if you need a new fridge, you won’t have a choice.
Nah, fridges are simple enough that I guarantee it’s trivial to rip all the smart bits out and still have a functioning fridge. Or just buy and old one, my grandparents still have their fridge from like 1970s and it still works.
Sure it works, it also uses more electricity than the rest of the electrical devices in the house.
We’ve figured out how to do fridges a long time ago, there’s really not much to it: a well insulated box, radiators inside and outside, a pump, a metering device, and a thermostat. Sure, all components have been optimized a bit, but the power usage only went down by like half in the past 50 years, it’s not as bad as you’re describing.

researchgate.net/…/US-refrigerator-energy-use-bet…

About 3,5 times more energy used in 1972 than 2002. That’s quite a bit in my opinion.

Hm, that’s indeed more than I was expecting.