I have one of these, it's trivial to cut the RFID off of the "passthrough" plug and use non-branded filters. Honestly it's hard for me to get too worked up abou

I have one of these, it's trivial to cut the RFID off of the "passthrough" plug and use non-branded filters. Honestly it's hard for me to get too worked up about easily circumvented rent seeking like this. I would probably return the fridge if it wasn't possible though.