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The fridge emailed basically a performance report to the address that he configured on setup. One of the performance report items is that it had been opened a l

The fridge emailed basically a performance report to the address that he configured on setup. One of the performance report items is that it had been opened a lot, which does impact efficiency and food longevity. It didn't email a complaint. It did precisely what he configured it to do (I will go on a limb and presume the fridge didn't guess his email address), and presumably what he expected it to do given that he paid a large premium for a "smart" fridge. There is no problem here beyond that often Twitter makes everyone a comedian/performance artist and people often take their routines a little too seriously.

djrogers 5y ago
> It didn't email a complaint. It did precisely what he configured it to do From the tweets: > I don’t even remember giving permission for our fridge to email. Also, if you read the thread, this seems to be a new 'feature' they've added since he set it up - the fridge was silent for a year, then boom - stupid email.
- defaultname 5y ago
  It is clear he is being humorously jocular, exaggerating for effect (Twitter performance art that works wonders -- he's done well observing that the smart scale that he connected to the internet also does smart scale stuff). Those people taking this seriously need to take a walk and get some fresh air. "I don’t even remember giving permission for our fridge to email" He connected it to the internet and now it does stuff. He also clearly gave it his email address. How does one give "permission" for a smart device to email (beyond a giant T&C agreement that he obviously agreed to)? Who is so overburdened by an email? This sort of "dystopia everything is hell look at all this crazy stuff!" shtick surprisingly does well, and it's bizarre.