My refrigerator doesn’t need to spend time on the web.
My toaster, though, likes to lurk on FreeRepublic.
Battlestar Galactica reference...the slang for the Cylons was “toasters”.
That’s cool.. or neighbors vibrator keeps trying to get on our Netflix
You should read “Unauthorized Bread” by Cory Doctorow. It is online. About a time in the future where things like toasters can be had for low cost or free but it has to be online. The fun starts when the toaster company goes bankrupt, and no one can make toast until the customer list goes to a new buyer. . . unless you can illegally hack the toaster.