GE Fridge DRM Workaround

Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by erichurkman on Thursday June 11, 2020 @09:45AM (#23488792)

Don't forget to account for planned obsolescence. If a fridge lasts 10 years, what happens when GE stops producing those filters? You start looking at new fridges. The GE fridge pissed you off, so you upgrade to Fisher & Paykel… turns out they are produced by the same company, so they don't care that GE 'lost' a customer.

( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haier )

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by kube-system on Thursday June 11, 2020 @10:47AM (#23489485)

Yeah, here in the US just about every brand at any big box store is from Whirlpool, Electrolux, or Haier.

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by beckler on Thursday June 11, 2020 @12:29PM (#23490514)

I work at GE. They sold off their appliance vertical, with brand rights, to Haier years ago. And with lighting being recently sold off, GE doesn't manufacture any home appliances anymore.

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by xxpor on Thursday June 11, 2020 @11:46AM (#23490045)

Including the Korean brands?

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by kube-system on Thursday June 11, 2020 @02:32PM (#23491882)

I stand corrected, I forgot about LG and Samsung

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by xxpor on Thursday June 11, 2020 @04:38PM (#23493062)

Ah ok, I thought it might just be the white label manufacturers went even deeper than I thought :)

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Re:GE Fridge DRM Workaround by dehrmann on Thursday June 11, 2020 @12:38PM (#23490616)

I've definitely seen more LG and Samsung appliances than I did 20 years ago, and not just some off-brand in the back corner.

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