Comment on Refrigerator ads are finally here!

• Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Only if people buy those things. I doubt the majority of people wants to pay extra for fridges with screens in them.

  I think this shit is a fad that will go away in the same way 3D and VR did despite everyone promising this was the future. It’s too expensive, too impractical and won’t hold up once the novelty wears off.

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  • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You realize that’s exactly what they said about video games in the early days, right? And the Internet. And gay sex.

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    • Nangijala@feddit.dk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m comparing smart fridges to 3D and VR because that is the proper comparison. All three are tech gimmicks that are too expensive and annoying to implement into daily life and that is why I believe smart fridges are a fad that won’t last/spread. Especially not in these times where people don’t have any money.

      Using video games, the internet and gay sex as example of why smart fridges will become popular is both baffling and goofy to me, but maybe that was the point? If not, I’m not following your logic at all. Can you elaborate on where you see a link?

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      • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I was being somewhat cheeky with the third, yes, but the era of the other two doesn’t discount the historical fact that people of that time said similar: they were a fad, gimmicky, of little interest to gen pop, etc., so the cautionary analogy is still valid. 😜

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