really sucks, but like did we not expect this to happen?
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2025
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There were still many flat surfaces in the world that did not yet have advertisements displayed on them.
Is this something Ray Bradbury wrote?
If it is I want what it's from, he's like one of my top favorite authors
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Wouldn't be surprised if you popped it open to disconnect the screen, the cooler would stop working.
How long till stuff starts working on mobile game logic?
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To that I say, why in the hell would you buy a smart fridge in the first place? That's on you for buying something that stupid.
it will become like many appliances... You want a dumb tv? Possible, but it will cost you more than a smart one. You want a dumb fridge? Fine, but soon it will cost you more than a 'smart' one you can't even turn on without making an account somewhere and registering your email and phone
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It'd be really funny if your name was Carol
There was a reddit legal advice post recently with that premise. Poster's sister was a schizophrenic named Carol, who checked herself into an inpatient mental facility, after seeing this ad on a smart fridge, and thinking her treatment was failing and she was slipping into another episode.
Brother was wondering if they had grounds to sue over treatment costs.
comments just said the ad is legal and click link to file a complaint :(
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I remember when fridges with screens were first becoming a thing, and one way they tried to sell them was the convenience of being able to leave notes, shopping lists, photos, etc.... for other members of the family. And even back then, before the advertising apocalypse, I remember thinking, what in the actual fuck makes this 1000 dollar feature any more useful than a 20 dollar magnetic white board and a dry erase marker?
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I would return it.
I never understood why anyone would buy one in the first place. I like home automation where it makes sense (like having some of my bedroom lights and my coffee maker tied to my phone alarm in the morning) but why would anyone ever tie their fridge to the internet?
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...To the manufacturer. The retailer's not going to take it back, and even if you did manage to bully them into taking it somehow that's still allowing the retailer to shield the manufacturer (i.e. Samsung) from the consequences of their actions. And consequences are what Samsung needs to see over this.
why does a fridge need a computer and a screen?
The burning question on the hearts and minds of everyone who isn't a complete dolt since these things came out
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I still don't understand any benefit from having a screen on my fridge... but now I hate them, thanks Samsung
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Remember this when they try to sell the idea of putting screens in the sky or space
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I would be so pissed if I bought one of these. I’d probably smash the screen in rage.
I knew this would happen though.
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Well yeah, it's a fridge with a spacious screen and an Internet connection in the 2020s. Of course they'd capitalize on all that advertising real-estate. And of course they'd wait until after people have had them for a while. They're unsurprisingly shameless.
I'd be curious to know what kind of data it's collecting to optimize those ads.
Using some of the wifi connection tricks companies have, it can probably associate the device with all the devices your family has and the corresponding data
I imagine it goes like this:
- Fridge gather nearby SSIDs
- Samsung partners with Google/Meta
- Cross reference SSIDs with the ones being collected from Android devices/Meta apps
- Get advertising IDs from devices likely in this house
- Profit
Or, and much much cheaper:
- To continue configuring this fridge please install this app via play/apple.
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The absolute irony. Yeah, this advert is trying to be a reference to what's happening in the series, as this is exactly what the main character is experiencing.
But it creeped out and distressed the character into a mental breakdown. Yes, let's emulate that as a tongue-in-cheek fridge advertisement.
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Why on earth would anyone buy this garbage? The only advanced feature I'd like would be a crushed ice dispenser.
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FYI there is a setting to disable ads. Doesn’t excuse them for introducing ads in the first place, but at least it’s a solvable problem (for now).
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This was always the goal when they started adding screens. Screens should always be viewed as ad delivery mechanisms especially if internet connected. That goes triple for devices that absolutely don't need a screen. Like a fucking fridge. They will slow boil the process at first. But they'll do it.
Imagine your name really is "Carol", then you wake up one day and see this shit
Technology could be so awesome, and this is what they do.
I love technology. This is complete policy failure. Big Tech must be annihilated.
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So ironic considering the advertising material. It feels like this show is about technology replacing humans.
Samsung smart fridge disable ads
Turn off ads smart fridge
Jailbreak samsung smart fridge
Open source smart fridge software
Fridges for sale near me
Anyone who bought into this crap kind of deserves it at this point.
I keep my appliances dumb AF because I have half a chance at repairing them should something break.
There are also fewer points of failure.
no. nobody deserves to be scammed.
yes they should have known better and did not, but they did not deserve it.
Much like the law should allow people to cancel any subscription created online, online, the law should mandate clear times when and where advertisement is allowed with opt out options.
If Samsung wants to advertise to me on a product, that should have to pay me $10/month to send those adverts.
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Yeah, but some people didn't opt into it. I've worked on a lot of new construction in my state and they buy these appliances for every new apartment complex they build. I know people could choose a different apartment, but most people don't have any other option and saying "no" to a decent apartment because of a refrigerator isn't a luxury people can afford.
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If you Dont LIKE THIS you're a TERRORIST!
-Trump's NPSM-7 which Classifies ANTI CAPITALISM as Terrorism! FREEDOM!
It's kinda coincidental to have all three conglomerates in that picture: Sony producing that TV show, with advertisement paid by Apple TV to Samsung.
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