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[–] hinterlufer@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Kind of interesting that these have been a thing in Europe. It's all just regular taps and the few ones I have seen weren't very popular.

[–] yonder@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I think it's probably because people in North America generally really like cold water. Virtually every restaraunt will serve all their drinks with ice cubes. I personally find ice-cold water be rather unpleasant, maybe except when it's 30°C outside. These water fountains will refrigerate the water before it's despensed and they have a solenoid to control the water flow, meaning it takes very little force to activate.

[–] BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Oh, yeah we do. I love ice water even while shoveling snow.