I would very much like a tablet on the wall, like a digital cork board.
Building it into the fridge with what I assume are zero options about the actual software involved ain’t it though.
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SaraTonin@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I once asked why anybody would want a smart fridge. Most people didn’t seem to know. The most common answer was that it could act as a focal point for a busy family for keeping track of things like appointments.
So, like a blackboard/whiteboard, cork board, or even a normal fridge, some paper, and magnets.
I’m no Luddite. I’ve got smart lamps so i can change the lighting in my living room & bedroom without getting up. And I’m looking into heating so i can have my heating come on when i leave work, rather than at a specific time. That saves effort and money.
But i just see no reason whatsoever for anybody to have a smart fridge.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
Rooster326@programming.dev 8 hours ago
Those already exist.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
They have electrolytes.
vodka@feddit.org 13 hours ago
The one smart feature I could see being nice is inventory tracking.
There’s some new regulation incoming in the EU where they’re doing QR codes on products with the price and also expiry date. A fridge that scans my milk carton as I put it in and then also knows the expiry date would be neat.
I don’t see this as something I could ever need, but for old people or people with various potential medical issues? Could have its use.
bstix@feddit.dk 12 hours ago
Pretty nice until the day inevitably comes where one of the RFID chips malfunctions and the fridge keeps insisting that you throw out something that isn’t there and you can’t reset the inventory without downloading an update from some company that doesn’t exist anymore using a profile that your ex has the password for.
Then you’ll wonder why you didn’t use to have these sorts of issues, and your kids will ask how you updated the fridge in your childhood. As an adult you are expected to know this stuff. With your authority being undermined like that they’ll stop listening to anything you say and start smoking crack after school. Now you have a malfunctioning fridge and junkie children. Thanks a lot, dad.
Sabata11792@ani.social 7 hours ago
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hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 6 hours ago
“Cooling disabled until product removed”
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Fridge probably stop operating if it can’t show you ads. And if the company goes belly up they send a code that kills your fridge. Just like another companies have done.
Minnels@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Are you okay? I don’t either want to experience this but… Just checking.
bstix@feddit.dk 44 minutes ago
I’m fine, thank you for your concern.
It is by all means a humourous shitpost. The last line in my post is a pun on the rap song 99 problems, which should be the give away.
vodka@feddit.org 9 hours ago
It’s a QR code and not rfid.
I’m not saying this is for everyone, I’m saying that’s a feature that could be handy for certain use cases where people need such assistance in their life.
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 13 hours ago
no I hate, and I mean hate smart speakers and all generative ai.
I would 100% be up for a fridge that keeps track of its contents’ expiry dates via qr and could display warnings when things are going off. I hate wasting food, especially animal products (I already feel guilty enough) so if my fridge said the smoked salmon had 3 days left I’d be into that. now, it retaining my data and sharing it with anyone would be a complete dealbreaker so
UndergroundGoblin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
If it’s dead, it’s dead. Whether you eat it or not, it won’t change anything. The purchase kills the animal, not the consumption.
sauerkrautsaul@lemmus.org 5 hours ago
hm. Id see it differently. kill animal -> eat animal 👌
kill animal -> let its body rot in the refrigerator while my hungover ass orders thai food is the closest I get to calling something a sin. its a crime against ecology imo.
I get what youre saying though, I just definitely see it through a different lens
LH0ezVT@sh.itjust.works 12 hours ago
Sure, but let’s assume you want to eat x grams of animal products a week. You could either buy them and eat them, or buy them, have them expire, and then you have to re-buy them. The second one clearly sucks more.
hans@feddit.org 6 hours ago
The purchase kills the animal, not the consumption.
the animal is usually dead before someone walks into the grocery store
krakenx@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
If I have to scan each item as I put it into the fridge, why not just scan it with my phone and keep a less expensive dumb fridge?
vodka@feddit.org 5 hours ago
The LG concept one I saw that had this, just had enough cameras where there was no way you could put something in without it seeing the QR and scanning it automatically.
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
In my country they run ads for a “Smart” line of appliances and the guy is like “Adjusting my fridge temperature from my phone? Now that’s smart!”
Like mf how often do you need to adjust your fridge’s temperature??? I do it like once after buying groceries or maybe when the season changes and it’s like 1 press of the button at the door, tf?
froh42@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
In every fucking commercial for a washing machine someone is in their garden and turns on the machine by wifi. How does the dirty laundry get in?
The only interesting thing might be a notification when it’s done.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Do you leave work at different times each day and week that you don’t know about until you are at work?
Unless you do, a regular programmable thermostat would be fine.
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
This might surprise you, but some people work jobs with alternating schedules.
I’d imagine it’s pretty annoying to reprogram the thermostat every other week or w/e.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 11 hours ago
And it isn’t annoying to have to log into your thermostat every day?
Grostleton@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Log in every day? Many, if not most, smart thermostat apps have location based features to automatically handle the use case OP had mentioned. You can set it up one time and pretty much never need to interact with it again.
mwalimu@baraza.africa 10 hours ago
“Luddite” has been turned into a slur over time but it is actually a view point that humans should have a say on what technology does to them and for who. They were not technophobes. They were technodeterminists.