I would very much like a tablet on the wall, like a digital cork board/calendar/photo frame etc

Building it into the fridge with what I assume are zero options about the actual software involved ain't it though.

"Luddite" has been turned into a slur over time but it is actually a view point that humans should have a say on what technology does to them and for who. They were not technophobes. They were technodeterminists.

They have electrolytes.

In my country they run ads for a "Smart" line of appliances and there's a part the guy is like "Adjusting thr fridge's temperature from my phone? Now that's smart!"

Like mf how often do you need to adjust the temp??? I do it once after buying groceries or maybe when the season changes and it's like 1 press of the button at the door, tf?

Do you leave work at different times each day and week that you don't know about until you are at work?

Unless you do, a regular programmable thermostat would be fine.