They’ll have to make their money on $50 refrigerator water filters instead. You know who you are!
If the price were reasonable I would have just bought the Samsung replacements and called it a day. But instead they got $0 of my money.
GE started this trend, but aren't alone.
On my fridge it lights up the "not-filtering" light, but that's okay by me. I replace the filter every 3 months.
"Incompatible yogurt was detected! To ensure your refrigerator maintains an optimum temperature be sure to buy only GE compatible Chobani™ yogurt and foods from our other "GE Chill Eats®" partners."
I've read they already do things like charge people more based on aggregated data like their zip code or an areas rate of fast food consumption (Perversely, health and life insurance companies also invest billions of dollars in stocks for fast food companies), but also based on individual data like social media posts, how much money a person makes, or how much TV a person watches. Whatever it takes to justify taking more out of your pocket.
For its part, LG saw an incremental increase in water-filter sales when it tracked water volumes on connected fridges versus non-connected fridges, the company told the Journal.