Recently I was in a rental house that had a refrigerator so old that the compressor sat on top of the fridge, a design model that was popular until about... 1940? It was plugged-in and working. But - unlike a modern fridge - it had zero computers, and therefore no firmware. And therefore, it couldn't be bricked, like these Samsung models have been.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/09/owners-mourn-spoiled-food-after-firmware-update-bricks-samsung-smart-fridges/