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[-] dilligasatall@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 3 points 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.

[-] WindInTrees@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Those things make it more inefficient?

[-] TurretCorruption@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] death_for_muscovites@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

"buy fridge premium to open it without ads"

[-] 3nt3r@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Appliances these days are absolute junk. Nothing last more then like 7-10 years. My parents have a stainless steel kitchen aid fridge thats 20+ years old and works like a charm and a second shitty white fridge thats at least 15 years old by now. My aunt has gone through 2 samsung fridges in 10 years though

[-] dilligasatall@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Ya I just went through all that bullshit last year. my old fridge (maybe 15yrs) crapped out and the repair guy told me flat out that they typically don't repair stuff like that anymore. Manufacturers make it intentionally difficult to obtain parts and even if you can get them, chances are they'll crap out before too long. I ended up getting a new Danby. I hope it proves me wrong but...

[-] DivineDingus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

We had a KitchenAid fridge crap out and tried or damnedest to get it repaired. In the end, the repair tech said we could throw $1000 worth of parts at it and hope, or get a new fridge. This was our first matching set of appliances and my wife was not going back to slumming with an unmatched kitchen. Guess who had to spend 4K on a new fridge. We didn't even get a touchscreen. I don't expect this one to last either.

[-] clonedhuman@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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

[-] A_Chilean_Cyborg@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Fk SmartHomes TBH, things shouldn´t be so complex just so you can be a tiny bit more lazy.

[-] petriborg@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

They don't even do anything - simple is better.

[-] NateNate60@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

It's like that IQ meme:

70 IQ: zero smart home devices
100 IQ: smart fridge, smart watch, smart TV, smart light, smart toilet, smart potted plant...
130 IQ: zero smart home devices

[-] SpooneyOdin@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Yikes! And $4000 is the sale price. It's $4800 regularly...

[-] laxe@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] Galven@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

.....what does the display show even?

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

What's in your fridge, as well helpful reminders to Shop™ Now™ to keep your Fridge SaaS™ running smoothly

[-] Galven@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

That sounds like you're paying to have ads in your own home.

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Indeed! Just like a Netflix subscription!

[-] c2h6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I don't need to watch TV on my fridge, I just need it to cool shit

[-] Hypersapien@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Certain things don't need a computer screen in them. Refrigerators are one, sewing machines are another.

[-] cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Protip: Avoid Samsung when buying appliances

[-] relevant_user_name@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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."

[-] petriborg@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] pankkake@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I have a Samsung TV as well, and it's spamming ARP requests to every device in my home.

[-] rolaulten@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] pankkake@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] strayce@lemmy.one 1 points 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.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] kenblu24@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

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

[-] s_s@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

More doors = more gaskets = more seams = more heat loss = less energy efficent

[-] trashographer@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

So hot

[-] ssjmarx@lemmy.ml 1 points 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.

[-] Muninn@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

That's a lot of money for a fancy box of cold.

[-] Eluria@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I could see my daughter doing this

[-] Otakeb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah this screams GenZ. I respect it.

[-] onlooker@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed. It should say "costs".

I'll show myself out now.

[-] WingedSeven@lemmy.ml -1 points 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