Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ...
by gosub100 on Monday November 27, 2023 @03:42PM
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A great crowdfunded business would be to sell aftermarket kits for all the enshittified appliances. This somewhat exists already (my samsung fridge had frost buildup on the sensor, causing the fridge cycle to never come on!), so the business would be to cover 95% of all appliances in the last 15 years. The best innovation would be to develop a lego-style board repair kit that can be tailored to any specific model. So the same board can be used (with nominal reconfiguration) to repair/replace a Kenmore icemaker vs a GE. A deeper option would be to sell "retrofit kits" that allow you to gut everything except the motors/compressors/refrig circuitry. Or for a dishwasher, toss all the circuits and just use the frame.
Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ...
by diracs_stache on Monday November 27, 2023 @05:04PM
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Yes! I have a exercise bike in my garage that is mechanically sound but with a terrible monitor, would love to have it come up to the level of Concept2 machines.
Re:Brother [printers] have gotten to where they are now, by ...
by supportengineer on Monday November 27, 2023 @04:58PM
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I have one of these refrigerators. I have to say the water quality is outstanding. I don’t have to drive to the water store anymore.
The hack is to cut the RFID tag off a blank that bypasses the filter and tape it to a cheaper 3rd party filter.
The amusing thing is that its actually cheaper to replace the RFID sensor board in the fridge & use a generic filter than to use an official GE filter (re-using the cutout RFID tag from a genuine GE filter). The RFID sensor in mine died, and prevented it from dispensing water/ice. And no, I didn't choose this fridge. It came with the house when I bought it.