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Originally Posted by Grimm
I work in the appliance industry and sit on the advanced product development steering committee. Trust me, consumers will expect, at a minimum, all high end appliances to provide some basic level of connectivity. Your generation might not want that, but the younger generations all will expect it.
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Well, good luck to the young 'uns. From what I see, they live in a disposable society. They can't fix anything, it's too easy to just go get another one.
I'm with Glen, I don't need the added complexity, nor the parts obsolescence that goes along with it. I have a basic fridge, it's never needed service after 18 years and I'm happy with that.
Word of advice for the steering committee... Keep it basic and engineer it to last forever. Keep the parts in the supply chain forever. Nothing pisses me off more than to need a $20 part that can't be found anywhere in the universe, so I have to junk something that's otherwise perfectly fine.
JR