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Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by draven on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:01AM (#45744365)
Why don't they make part of the door with that magical see-through material my windows are made of ?
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Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by PetitPrince on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @05:40AM (#45744588)
Glass is not a good thermal insulator, and is more expensive than plastic.
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Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by draven on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @06:05AM (#45744755)
My windows are insulated. Is it more expensive than a screen/camera/electronics ?
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Re:Samsung makes ads on $3,499 smart fridges official with u... by PetitPrince on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @11:02AM (#45747731)
I see that a insulated (triple layer) window around 100 euros [ https://www.leroymerlin.fr/produits/bauplaza-fenetre-en-pvc-... ]. Let's assume this retailer makes a 2x margin, so real cost is 50 euro.

A webcam on Aliexpress is around 5 euros. Throw in a microcontroller that's like 2 euros on aliexpress, a 10 euro screen and you still have a 30-ish euro budget for the actual door that's probably plastic (acrylic and something like PE ?). So yeah, probably more expensive.

But that doesn't means that doesn't exists ! We can see that all the time in supermarket, but I guess their needs are different.

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