This is definitely on the horizon and future generations won’t even be aware of a time when you didn’t pay a subscription for every aspect of life. (TikTok screencap)

  • Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
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    3 hours ago

    I guarantee it’s trivial to rip all the smart bits out and still have a functioning fridge

    Unfortunately, it is not. The “smart bits” are doing the job of a control board in a dumb fridge. If the tablet shits the bed, you won’t get cooling until you factory reset it and get the tablet working again.