As a Home Assistant geek, I would love to have a tablet built into the fridge door that I could 100% hack to display useful information and such. Currently I have an Android tablet on the wall that does this, but one on the screen could be cool, especially if you could setup a place for virtual sticky notes that you could leave reminders and such for family members.
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baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Why. Why would anyone buy a fridge with a screen. We have lots of screens. A fridge does not need a screen. It is a fridge.
Sprawl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Soup@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
So a whiteboard with dry erase markers?
seejur@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
And a clock, and a weather forecast, and a picture frame…
A screen has a lot of potential. But not if it works against your interests
Soup@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
So for a clock and picture frame you’re not gunna believe this but…
And for a weather forecast I mean just make a widget on your phone’s home screen, it’ll be fine. The techification of every damn fucking thing we have is ridiculous and we so happily dive into filling our lives with nonsense just to have a theoretical 1% improvement in efficiency that we don’t even need.
I’m not saying we need to throw out all technology but we also don’t need to jam modern tech into every single aspect of our lives.
MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world 1 day ago
My household has a shared calendar we use to plan events. I’ve thought about a project before just to put a big view version of that up somewhere for people to reference, but I’ve been hesitant because it’s a large household and having to play tech support every time it goes wrong isn’t something i can do.
If i could get a reliable screen on the fridge that could display that, along with maybe a Reminders List and your sticky note idea, that would be perfect. With ads though that’s a big nope from me.
Even excluding my stance on not wanting ads, that’s how you find out the 5 year old accidentally bought something, or that something was leaked in a big data leak. That’s just something i don’t want in my home
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Screens would get in the way of my many magnets with notes. Not only does it not “need” one, I’m actively anti screen in this case.
harmbugler@piefed.social 1 day ago
Good luck when they all have screens :(
Joelk111@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The issue isn’t that the fridge has a screen. The issue is that the screen real-estate is owned by the manufacturer, not you.
redlemace@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You do need to have a display to show you what’s in there /s Yes, that’s an actual selling argument (slap my forehead real hard)
melfie@lemy.lol 2 days ago
I wouldn’t mind one for playing Jellyfin videos while I’m cooking, having a dedicated screen for the Mealie recipe I’m currently making, looking at a digital family calendar, adding items to the grocery list, etc. A kitchen kiosk with a larger screen that is easy to clean and doesn’t need a login does have some practical uses for self-hosted apps, but…checks list…nope, ads to make some corpo’s number go up didn’t quite make it into my wishlist.
eleitl@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
There are tablets with docks available. E.g. I could use Pixel tablet with the hub for that, even with privacy-supporting GrapheneOS.
baggachipz@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I was about to say… I have a laptop that can go anywhere in the house, including the kitchen. It’s not tethered to any one location and can do all the things that fridge screen can do, and much more. Laptops also have ad blockers freely available.
melfie@lemy.lol 2 days ago
True, although having one built into the fridge with cable management already taken care of is nice, although certainly not worth paying for indefinitely with your data and attention to ads after already paying for the fridge itself.
Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
What? How is the fridge possibly a good location for it? In what world could that ever be true? And do you not have wall outlets in your kitchen? Put your device on the counter!
I mean… what?
NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
The fridge is a very inconvenient location though.
My tablet sits on the counter where I am prepping food when using mealie, or where I am standing to cook when I am talking with someone over Jitsi.
Tablet batteries last far longer than any session I am at in the kitchen so after words it just goes to the charger for tomorrow.