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Originally Posted by jyl
I have a True brand commercial reefer. I think it is a 3/4 HP compressor. No bells, no whistles, no cute cheese and egg compartments, just a big noisy steel box of cold. We keep ice, ice cream, etc in the freezer downstairs. And I can put a pot of hot stock straight into the fridge without warming everything inside to 70F.
Why the hell would I want my fridge to talk to the Internet? It's the dumbest idea I've ever heard of. If some Millennial buys this house from my estate and wants his fridge to network with his Internet-enabled vibrator, he can buy his own damn fridge.
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A better way to think about it is that fridges won't be 'talking to the Internet'. Rather, they'll be connected to the Internet similarly to how home security and and thermostats are already connected. The fridge will simply be accessible via an application that a homeowner, customer service, or field service department uses.
The best example I can give is when a home owner calls a service department to report something like a fridge that isn't properly cooling. The customer service department will be able to remotely access the unit and will be able to see what is causing the problem. The customer service department will tell the field service department exactly what parts to take when they make the house call. Currently nearly every manufacturer/field service team struggles with this, resulting in several trips to the home.
This technology already exists and is being deployed by several of the high-end producers. There are many other examples but that is one of the most straightforward.