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It's a lot cheaper to install one sensor per door than it is to install a motor for every moving compartment and a sensor to see if it needs to be closed and that's just to make sure every door can be closed. A lot of extra circuitry for something they can just do on the cheap.
Doors can be designed to close by slightly angling the hinges which could be cheaper than a cloud based alarm connected to a smartphone.
hear that, Samsung? Just outsource your research and work to lemmy commenters, they know best
My 20 year old fridge closes itself if left open due to the angle of the hinges.
The only reason Samsung has the texting "feature" is to sell your data.
To have the ability to text you about an open door it would need to track your usage, have access to your phone number, and access to your home network (unless they put a sim card in there). Having access to all that means they can gather a lot of information about you will little effort.
Edit: Not to mention that by having access to your phone number they can push you ads directly to your phone. Having the screen and internet access it will have the ability to push ads on the fridge itself as well.
And who can forget that by having these smart features that means that the fridge has more systems that can (and will) fail so that you'll have to replace the fridge (or pay for costly repairs) when they do. Or the features will stop working after a certain amount of time due to a lack of security updates.
"Some features have been disabled due to your product reaching EOL. We're sorry for the inconvenience."
Smart appliances are not the future we want.
While true, unless it gains enough speed it might still not properly close by itself. And the door can also be blocked. An angled door will also be a bit heavier to open and more annoying to use. It's not a perfect solution, even if it is helpful.
Maybe an always tensioned hydraulic like on a screen door? I realize this is just self closing and not close on demand, but seems like it would get the job done.