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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Mt parents bought a refrigerator in about 1960 when we lived in Hawaii. It moved with us as a military family over a dozen times. They finally cave it away to a friend for helping them install a new fridge to match the remodeled kitchen. It likely is still working but using twice the electricity of a modern fridge.
I sold my parents washing machine at the estate sale that I bet was 30 years old.
So yea, the old phrase "they don't make em like they used to" is 100% accurate. Now all the appliances have insane electronic do-dads and use far less energy but they have designed in obsolesce and short life span.
I am a computer geek and love gadgets but I can't fathom any possible reason to have my fridge connected to the internet.
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how about to get an alert on your phone that someone left the door open?
how about having the manufacturer's service department access the fridge and download all the operating stats prior to making a service call so that they brought all the right replacement parts on the 1st trip?