Ya see... that's the trouble with all these "modern" appliances today.
Over-engineered, over-designed, trouble-prone hunks of crap.
I imagine that regardless of the brand name, that they hire some smart young Geeks to design these things, the higher-ups then accept the "impressive" design, and it goes to the fabrication lab for testing.
Voila!...... a New Model!
The simplicity (and reliability) of past products is forgotten, considered boring, old,.... no!, let's "fancy it up" with lots electronics! - "It's sure to sell if we put a bunch of lights and touch buttons on it!"
And we'll Outsource the manufacturing to some off-sea child labor factory to increase our greedy profit margin!"
My lowely old 1985 GE fridge has a "damper" adjustment for the fresh food section - it's a "boring" manual mechanical rotary knob that changes the amount of freezer air that little flapper door sends through.
And I've had absolutely no issues with the fridge, other than the occasional cleaning of dust on the coils underneath the fridge.
And you may wonder why I stick to my "old" appliances?
Because I'm a smart old bastard that doesn't want to be chained to the "Upgrade" propaganda influenced crowd.
