Comment on Refrigerator ads are finally here!
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day agoI 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. 😜
Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 day ago
In the same vein, there are many things that were in fact fads that have since faded into obscurity because they didn’t make people’s lives easier and/or weren’t affordable for most os us. The smart home was one thing that was all the rage at some point back in the 2010s and they are probably still something that more affluent people invest in, but the rest of us, who can’t really afford it, don’t have smart homes.
I can totally see a revised version of the smart fridge becoming popular longterm if they are designed to be useful and making people’s lives easier. However, the current designs of smart fridges are not helpful nor useful. They are a shallow gimmick and that is why they will not last unless manufacturers stop designing them for advertisement and start designing them to make people’s lives easier.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
While I can appreciate your optimism for the modern consumer, I feel that this stance ignores the underlying current of forced adoption via prolific visibility (ie. “everyone has one, might as well”) and/or market sublimation by said “features” no longer offered as optional… 🙃
Nangijala@feddit.dk 1 day ago
At the end og the day, it’s all about money and most people can’t afford fridges like this. Screenless fridges won’t disappear over night either. In the same way that most people who own fridges don’t have those fancy ones that vomits ice cubes at the press of a button. It’s kinda cool, but too expensive and impractical for most people. People who can afford smart fridges and think it’s a worth while expense will buy them, but I don’t believe for a second that that is the majority of people. Not by a long shot.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
That’s my point. Right now, it’s an option —only to install it as a future luxury in the collective subconscious. Then, when they’re on every gawdamned appliance, those that publicly decry the fuckery will get downvoted by the mouthbreathin’ masses and largely ignored. Mark my words. It’s a tale as old as time.