This is definitely on the horizon and future generations won’t even be aware of a time when you didn’t pay a subscription for every aspect of life. (TikTok screencap)
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Theoretically, I suppose that you could reflash your fridge. It's unlikely that it's running a dedicated embedded system nowadays. It has to be either android or Linux (or maybe Windows if they're idiots, which is always a possibility).
Well yes, but honestly that's swimming upstream. I always discourage reverse engineering or hacking unless you do it for learning and entertainment purposes. If you love the challenge it's amazing. If you want to use the tool they you are giving away money to corporations you do not trust and you put a lot of weight on your shoulders to maintain all that over time.