Simple is the operable word. My mother-in-law's refrigerator (bottom freezer) gave up the ghost a couple of weeks ago - after 38 years of reliable service. There was nothing fancy about it. No microchips or special settings on drawers No digital readouts, mood lighting or ice/water dispenser. It didn't even have an automatic ice maker and it certainly wasn't energy efficient. It did however keep stuff cold or frozen and it did so through three kids, a bunch of grand kids and no repairs that she can recollect. During all those years, there was nothing fashionable about it...except that it worked.
These days, if an appliance doesn't crap out on you within ten years, then you are convinced that it's obsolete and out you go to buy a new one.
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