Can’t imagine how it would be. In-laws have one, and it’s just way too small. Every fridge we’ve ever owned has reliably kept food safely cold/frozen, so not sure what additional benefit you’d get from that exorbitant cost.
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FWIW I have had very good luck with Sub-Zero appliances. I have a 22 year old side-by-side Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer. (The model with French doors.) They have worked well and I’ve not had many repairs over the years, i.e., replacing gaskets. I did do regular maintenance (condenser cleaning and replacing air filters) yearly. There’s a local appliance repair place that services high-end brands and I have used this same place for years.
I also have a Sub-zero ice maker and a wine cooler (in a pantry). These didn’t last quite as long as the fridge/freezer. (I replaced them in 2019).
So the short answer to your question is: for me, the SubZs were worth the money.
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Our new to us house came with a Subzero side by side. It was made in 1998. Best fridge we ever owned! Dual compressors mean there is no air circulation between the freezer and the fridge compartments. Excellent temperature control. Vacuuming the compressor compartment is easy because it is located at the top of the fridge; just pop the panel off, vacuum dust bunnies out, and reinstall the panel. The fridge is now 27 or 28 years old, and when it dies, it will be replaced with another Subzero.
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My in-laws have a 40 plus year old side by side Sub Zero. As @BunsenBurner mentioned they each have their own compressor. They have put some money into it but it’s a workhorse.
When we built our house 25 years ago we couldn’t see spending the money on the Sub Zero. We went with a built in KitchenAid that we have replaced once during COVID.
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We put a large subzero in our previous kitchen and made it cabinet depth by pulling the adjacent cabinets forward a few inches. Our current home came with a subzero that is more shallow which is fine as we are empty nesters. The appliance man who replaced the Kitchenaid dishwasher and oven said the subzero fridge should last at least 30 years, it is currently 18 years old and we have had no issues. I would purchase subzero again.
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We have been super happy with our LG ThinQ; freezer drawer on the bottom which has round ball icemaker; split top doors with cubed ice/crushed ice/chilled water on left side; right side has door-in-door (for drinks and other things which spares whole door opening). The two chill-regulated drawers at easy level - and I have less food spoilage because I can see what I have; a full-width narrow drawer for meat/cheese - again one can rummage through easily to see it all.
It is the best refrigerator I ever owned, and I expect it will be good for a long while. We will leave it with the house when we sell the home if the buyer comes up with a good house offer. We will purchase same model again if we don’t take this one along.
A freezer on bottom, French door fridge with an ice maker will never cross the doorway of this house! Only side by side, dual compressors, no water line or ice maker fridge is welcome when I’m still alive! 
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@BunsenBurner : Why??
Personal preference. Because I don’t like these features. I don’t like to bend to get my frozen items, and we don’t drink iced anything. And French doors have less reliable seals/gaskets than a single door. Ditto water lines to the fridge. They are oftentimes the point of failure causing a lot of damage. I like appliances that don’t cause damage when they fail.
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We purposely did not install any water feature on our refrigerator. Agree that is the first and common point of failure. Old fashioned ice cube trays are plenty for us. If a party, we get bags.
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Best of both worlds? The quad refrigerator
Oh fridges…as you know from another thread, we are awaiting a decision from Whirlpool on our broken ice maker which I didn’t want at all. We might be getting a whole new freezer door (it’s a side by side). Wonder if it’s possible to get just a door with no ice/ice maker??
If anything, my next fridge would have an ice
maker inside. We use ice cubes to water our plants…
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I prefer a French-door freezer-on-bottom configuration with the ice-maker inside the freezer drawer, no dispenser marring the plain, stainless front of the refrigerator. I’ve never had a problem with any refrigerator we’ve ever owned, so the prices on the high-end appliances don’t reflect any value to me.
We inherited a very expensive side-by-side built-in refrigerator in our AZ house, but I much prefer the larger, much less expensive refrigerator described above that we bought for the cabin.
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The joys of having a mechanical engineer for a husband who can fix just about anything. 
The spherical ice was an issue with our LG bottom-freezer French door fridge, he was able to get it to work properly and all is okay.
I need ice for cocktails, and H puts ice in his water, so an ice maker is a must in the zeeba family home. We’ve looked into a clear ice maker (Klaris), but the cost and the few cubes it makes in a day are non-starters.
A couple of weeks ago, H installed a filtered instant hot and cold water dispenser at the sink in our second home. The fridge, an Amana, has a lousy water dispenser that takes to fill a glass. This way, we get water hot enough for tea and fast dispensing to fill the tank on my Nespresso. The ice in that fridge works just fine.
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Amen. Is there any better use for ice? 
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I think not!
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That’s the refrigerator I have also. Ice in the door was a $1000 upgrade. Reviews say the most common problem with refrigerators is the ice in the door feature.
For $1000 I can take ice out of the freezer. Bonus that it might break down less.
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Here too. I estimate in 30 years we have spent <$2000 on our refrigerators. And our first was fine after 20 years without a single repair. We just upgraded our kitchen and it didn’t match. Gave it to one of the workers.
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There are many of us I’ve notice lately that decided no door dispenser. There is a water dispenser inside the refrigerator so you have to open the door letting out the cool air, but it doesn’t break like the door one. We use the ice maker in the bottom freezer.
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My H is an ice addict. Having the ice maker go down is like me having the stove, oven and sink inoperable 
We have a door ice/water - I’d def consider getting one where the ice maker is INSIDE the freezer door.
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