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		mfer on Jan 23, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so... What happens in 20 years when GE stops making water filters for it? Maybe as an attempt to push people to buy a new frig. How ecological is that? I know of refrigerators in use today that are more than 40 years old.

bargle0 on Jan 23, 2020 [–]

Nothing built today is going to last 40 years. Value engineering has ensured that it's going to fail eventually one way or another.

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