Comment on Samsung brings ads to US fridges

• Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I don’t disagree but what’s also true is that some products are already as good as they can get and no longer need innovation. I know this is a bold claim but I’d argue that my dumb fridge without screen or internet connection keeps my food just as cool as the latest smart fridge.

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  • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    some products are already as good as they can get and no longer need innovation

    I just saw a poster for a sort-of cool fridge innovation: It has a door-in-the-door that you can open to get out commonly used things without having to open the main thing and let all the cold air out. It’s called a “Conservadoor” refrigerator.

    The kicker is that I saw this on Antiques Roadshow and it’s from the 1950s.

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    • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      I don’t know why, but I remember seeing that somewhere, too. Fantastic idea. Ergonomic AND energy efficient. Though, I feel like adding in a mini door somewhat lowers the insulative abilities of the main door, so I’m not sure of the trade-off.

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      • ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Ergonomic AND energy efficient

        FWIW I don’t think it’s really all that energy-efficient. Air, being much less dense than solids, contains comparatively much less heat energy. The “cold” of a refrigerator is mostly stored in the things inside it, not in the air inside it, so letting all the cold air out to be replaced by warmer air does not have a huge effect on the overall temperature of the fridge. I think you’re right that having a door which interferes with the insulating envelope is going to be worse than just opening the main door once in a while.

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I’m a big fan of “make it actually better or leave it the fuck alone”

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• starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I literally can’t imagine a box that makes things cold being made cooler by having a screen on it

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  • felbane@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    “I can’t see the value in this thing for myself, therefore it’s stupid.”

    Some people use a whiteboard or notepad magnetically stuck to their fridge to keep track of things: shopping lists, to-dos, notes to other members of the household. Some people stick photos to their fridge. This has been a thing since John Fridgemagnet stuck the first magnetic plastic letter to his icebox in 1968.

    Putting a screen in the fridge serves a similar purpose, with the added benefit of integration with modern online calendars, remote access to the whiteboard/notepad (in case you forgot the shopping list at home), it displays a rotating slideshow of photos, and adds things like weather and news reports that you can quickly check while you’re grabbing the orange juice.

    It’s not a stupid idea for the people who would use that functionality, but the product itself becomes stupid when the company starts forcing ads into the system or intentionally hobbles the software that was available af time of purchase (yes, Samsung did that too).

    I’d never buy another Samsung fridge, but only because the ice maker still doesn’t work after three warranty replacements/upgrades to a “fixed” design. My family uses the screen feature all the time.

    Aside: I really enjoyed your pun. 9.5/10

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  • SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, but we do wildly inefficient stuff all the time

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