A refrigerator should be an insulated box with the following electrical items: a thermostat, an interior light wired to a door switch, and a compressor motor activated by a contactor that is wired to the thermostat, and I think you need a timing relay to prevent the compressor from cycling too much. Refrigerators are dead simple, it’s the items I just listed plus two heat exchangers, an expansion valve, piping, and refrigerant.

Variable speed motors are icing on the cake that reduce operating costs so I’ll allow for that. What I just described is true for every single commercial refrigerator available for sale, homeowners have absolute garbage to pick from for appliances.

Who are the psychopaths buying refrigerators with screens? Please stop, you’re ruining things for the rest of us. I know Speed Queen exists if you want sane appliances for laundry, but I’d like to know the brands for laundry and kitchen appliances that are well made and not full of insane garbage nobody asked for like screens.