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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by ASalazarMX on Thursday January 23, 2020 @02:17PM (#22130756)
Reminded me of Phillip K. Dick's "Ubik", where the door refuses to open for free:

The door refused to open. It said, "Five cents, please."

He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. "I'll pay you tomorrow," he told the door. Again it remained locked tight. "What I pay you," he informed it, "is in the nature of a gratuity; I don't have to pay you."

"I think otherwise," the door said. "Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt."

...he found the contract. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip.

"You discover I'm right," the door said. It sounded smug.

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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by dsr_ on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:06PM (#22131309)
The unbelievable part is that he could find the contract.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by Wistar on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:20PM (#22131481)
... especially while locked out.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by faleidel on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:36PM (#22131686)
If I recall right he was locked inside, not outside.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by ASalazarMX on Thursday January 23, 2020 @05:11PM (#22132812)
That was the most kafkian aspect. How could he earn more money to pay the door if it locked him inside?

In another instance, the door also didn't want to let him in without paying.

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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by ASalazarMX on Friday January 24, 2020 @12:42PM (#22140554)
A little late, but here's the rest of the quote. He was locked in.

From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door.

“I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”

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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by arnarbi on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:34PM (#22131665)
Why? I can pull up most of my documents from past few years on my mobile phone. And that’s not even fiction.
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by throwaway2048 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @03:21PM (#22131503)
I can almost hear the HN posts about how they actually agreed to the EULA
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Re:My fridge has an RFID chip in the water filter, so a gene... by Guest42 on Thursday January 23, 2020 @04:44PM (#22132507)
DaaS
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