[catnipman]

“The freezers will not freeze and the refrigerators will run hot, while burning more electricity to do a poorer job.”

and the compressors will be even smaller, run ALL the time and burn out even sooner, thus requiring the entire unit to be thrown out and a newly manufactured one purchased every five years or so, AND none of that will be included in the TOTAL lifetime energy cost of the unit ...

[Shady]

Planned obsolescence (of us..)

[CedarDave]

and the compressors will be even smaller, run ALL the time and burn out even sooner, thus requiring the entire unit to be thrown out and a newly manufactured one purchased every five years or so,

Likely made in China.