I feel like when I buy a fridge, I'm buying a fridge. I should be able to replace parts, especially parts designed to be replaced, with generic, less expensive options. The fact that GE makes their water filters proprietary just seems... I don't know... predatory?
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When you buy a car, you can replace your parts with OEM parts, or third parties. Something like an air filter, for instance, can be replaced by upwards of a dozen different brands. But my fridge will stop functioning without the RFID chip in the water filter.
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I know it's a seemingly minor greivance, but the idea here is what bothers me. Manufacturers should not be able to create parts that are designed to be replaced, and then create technological barriers that force you into their replacement parts.
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It's a charcoal water filter, probably with some other minor particulate filters, but a charcoal water filter doesn't need an RFID chip that forces me to pay what essentially becomes a subscription fee, or my product will become unusable. This shouldn't be legal.
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This is straight out of 'Unauthorized Bread' (one of four stories in Radicalized by
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Ars Technica *just* ran an excerpt from that story yesterday! I paid for an ebook copy of Radicalized and find it a compelling, frightening read.
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What model (or models of) fridge is this?
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@WhirlpoolCorp has this as well. Cheaper to just use a brita for water. Ridiculous. -
It's my ice machine too! Ugh.
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