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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges (arstechnica.com)
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Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update.

Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s Bespoke AI line of fridges. Star News Korea, per a Google-provided translation, said that most of the affected devices were four-door fridges from 2024 or later.

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[–] 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And don't buy fridges and other appliances from big techs. Period. Get them from industries specialized on that, who have been manufacturing appliances for a long time, like people did all this time

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  • [–] 3 points 5 days ago

    In some countries, the biggest appliance makers got into tech or bought by them, so there's not a huge amount of choice there. I'm not sure about SK in particular. Thankfully, dumb fridges are still a thing here in Japan, but I don't know how long that will last given how many of the major brands are also high-tech companies (Panasonic, Sharp, etc.)

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  • [–] 2 points 5 days ago*

    Better yet, buy them used on the second-hand market.

    I can't imagine spending more than, say, $60 on a fridge. If you've got time to wait and look for good deals, you can often even find working ones (or easily repairable ones) for free.

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