Someone got so fed up with GE fridge DRM – yes, fridge DRM – they made a whole website on how to bypass it

Water filter system requires RFID-chipped part

Fed up with the DRM in a General Electric refrigerator that pushed the owner to buy expensive manufacturer-approved replacement water filters, an anonymous hacker went to the trouble of buying a domain name and setting up a website at gefiltergate.com to pen a screed about appliance digital rights restriction management (DRM) and how to bypass it....