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The main antipattern of smart fridge startups is building something that is not a must-have. Re-ordering milk automatically or inventorying the fridge from an a
by oftenwrong 6y ago
The main antipattern of smart fridge startups is building something that is not a must-have. Re-ordering milk automatically or inventorying the fridge from an app is more like a neat trick than something people actually need. It addresses a minor problem, and therefore does not inspire an expensive purchase or subscription fee. Even if a company absolutely nailed the functionality, I doubt many people would be willing to pay much for it.
- notahacker 6y agoI think an even bigger issue is that sometimes the "solution" is likely to be worse than the problem. Smart fridges may automatically top up when you're on holiday, duplicate items you leave out of the fridge for a few hours or pick delivery timescales for when you're not in the house and whilst those are configurable parameters, anticipating and dealing with that might be more of a pain than hitting "reorder" on a smartphone app.