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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

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  1. 9cb14c1ec0 · · focus · HN ↗
    Meanwhile, my non-smart fridge continues to run just fine. Why do we need smart fridges? That was always a bad idea.
    1. Legend2440 · · focus · HN ↗
      The trouble is that 'smart fridges' turn out to be just a regular fridge with an android tablet on the front. Which is useless.

      I would love a fridge with a camera inside and a smart enough AI to tell me (1. what's in the fridge (2. how long it's been there and (3. what I've eaten from it. Some companies have tried making this kind of fridge, but AFAIK they don't work very well.

      1. anentropic · · focus · HN ↗
        Why not just open the door and have a look in the fridge?
        1. Legend2440 · · focus · HN ↗
          ...while I'm at the grocery store on my way home from work?
          1. juvvel · · focus · HN ↗
            1. Look in fridge before work 2. Add any missing items to shopping list 3. Reference said list on the way home from work
            1. mingus88 · · focus · HN ↗
              I think the point is these devices sell some kind of convenience. Anyone who grew up of a certain time is seduced with this idea of our world being perfectly in tune with our needs, like the Jetsons.

              Now we have generations of people who grew up with surveillance capitalism and broken promises I wonder what the next big wave will be

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