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		frosted-flakes on April 7, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 7% of Americans don’t use the internet. Who are th... That's why I said basic refrigerators, which still have compressors controlled by an analogue thermostat. Like the kind you find in a typical cheap rental apartment. Refrigerators are one of those appliances that really do not benefit much from "smart" technology. And LEDs don't count; that's my point.

Sebb767 on April 7, 2021 [–]

Fair enough. When LEDs don't count, though, I think it's kinda hard to draw a line - do radios count? Clocks? Amplifiers? Vacuum tube amplifiers?

But I agree with your general point.

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