Fair point and I understand where you are coming from, but there is still unmet demand so you have to ask what the "free" market is really doing here. As a previous commentor said, 6-10 years is too soon. Its a big decision, the fridge handles may need to be removed, the doors from the frame to move it in and out, ai'd like to make the choice as infrequently as possible. If I'm a landlord that includes appliances these choices become WAY unacceptable. 6-10 years is not what the consumer asked for, just like nobody wanted all phone manufacturers to collectively and simultaneously deicide that they would remove microSD card slots so they could price gouge flash storage, unanimously, oligarchically, and contrary to a truly free market, removing the slot from every single example of leading phones. The same thing is going on here. The landfills are becoming packed with appliances.