Sep 24, 2026, 11:37 AMSamsung issued a software update to internet-connected fridges just before a major national holiday and promptly bricked the lot causing a lot of food to get spoiled.
It completely baffles me why anyone would want to get a "Smart fridge" in the first place.
I don't know why the fridge isn't designed to keep working if the Internet/UI application code crashes. It only needs to control the compressor according to a sensor threshold