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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

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  1. Scubabear68 · · focus · HN ↗
    This is my fear on the car side, as smart features start leaking from isolated areas in automobiles into the larger CAN bus....
    1. qmr · · focus · HN ↗
      Why do you own such a vehicle then?

      You must not fear it that much.

      1. _aavaa_ · · focus · HN ↗
        “Ahh, and yet to participate in society.”

        This is a direction all manufacturers are going into, so there is little actual choice. And buying used is not a real solution; where do tomorrow’s used vehicles come from?

        1. qmr · · focus · HN ↗
          My vehicles save one of my motor bikes are all over 20 years old.
          1. _aavaa_ · · focus · HN ↗
            That works for you personally, but what are people going to do 20 years from now? Fight over the dwindling stock of 40 years of vehicles?

            To say nothing of the tradeoffs that come with an older vehicle (safety and pollution).

            1. qmr · · focus · HN ↗
              Most people will continue to be useful idiots borrowing money they don't have to buy cars to impress people they don't like.
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