[criddell]

You can order a bypass filter from GE (they are free). Cut the RFID from it and tape it to your fridge in the right spot and it will never complain about the filter again.

The only downside is that when you dispense water it lights up a little sign that says "water is not filtered".

I do this and buy cheap aftermarket filters from Amazon.

[stjohnswarts]

I think the problem is that you shouldn't have to. It's pretty anticonsumer all the way around.

[closetohome]

Everybody wants to sell razor blades these days.

[gwbas1c]

I put a piece of black tape over the filter light on my refrigerator. (It's not a GE.)

You can probably find some tape that matches the color nicely on Amazon for a very small amount of money.

[Loughla]

I have a whole-home water filter, and fill up a jug from the tap that sits inside my fridge until I'm thirsty.

I have never understood why people take extra steps, have extra inconvenience, and have more expensive, harder to replace items just for the sake of saving, what, fifteen seconds filling up a pitcher?

[Dylan16807]

Fifteen seconds 1500 times stops being negligible.

And it is more convenient in multiple ways. Also you don't mess up the nice cold air in the fridge.

It's a tradeoff but it's not a lopsided one.

[blang]

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