> Force devices to use 5 GHz

You can force devices to use 5 GHz by having different ESSIDs for the 2.4 GHz network and the 5 GHz network. A device configured to use the home-5g network won't try to connect to the home-2g4 network, and vice versa.

I meant people, force people to use the 5 GHz band in an easy hassle-free way.

Tell that to my fridge, which only supports 2.4GHz and which I have no plan to replace in the next 10 years.

Fortunately, the fact that some devices continue to use 2.4GHz does not reduce the bandwidth I have on my other network that is 5GHz. So I have no incentive to disable 2.4GHz anytime in the next 10 years, either.

What are you using the internet access on your fridge for?

According to the manufacturer, it sends diagnostic information and receives firmware updates. I'm not entirely sure that it's not snitching on my eating habits at the same time, though.

> According to the manufacturer, [...] receives firmware updates.

Why would a fridge, which should do nothing more than turning the compressor on and off according to its inside temperature, need firmware updates?

I wonder how nobody takes this "feature" as negative. My first thought was: "My fridge doesn't need firmware updates and it does what it's supposed to do. What's wrong with this one?"