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>>anothe+(OP)
Innovation....

I saw a fridge that had an app so you could control it from anywhere.

My requirements for a fridge are remarkably simple, to the point the only practical use I could think of an app was alarm that I'd left the door open or something.

(If this particular app did have a door-open alarm, it wasn't on the list of features. It did say you could adjust the temperature from your office. A location I'm often worrying about the fridge.)

>>billpg+m2
Mine has a camera that shows you the contents of the fridge. It's been useful on many occasions.

>>varjag+K2
Helpful to save you three steps and a lift of a hand to see whats inside?

>>ekianj+U2
I imagine the use case is more one of “I’m in the supermarket and I need to know if I have enough xyz left”

>>ArnoVW+k3
These two solutions are more fun.

- make something else

- buy more regardless and make a larger batch

They have fewer points of technical failure; they don’t create security attack surface; they save bandwidth; they get you talking to your friends, family or neighbours more; most food waste biodegrades, so it’s not really “waste”.

>>the_ot+A7
> most food waste biodegrades, so it’s not really “waste”

If your argument requires saying it's fine to just throw out food, maybe you should reconsider.

>>yjftsj+Za
What litte food is wasted because people buy stuff they alrwady have by forgetting what's in the fridge pales in comparison the necessary effort and resources spent in building and installing cameras un a fridge and run the infrastructure necessary to connect those cameras to a phone over the internet.