Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
I could have sworn this was already the case.
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Get ready to buy good quality, inexpensive refrigerators, without tech connectivity. Automatically adding tech to everything, just because it is new and shiny, isn’t always the right way to build your products. It sure fucked up the car industry.
Those will die off soon enough, through forced obsolescence and an inability to compete with ad-subsidised junk that spies on you.
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And this is why I avoid Samsung products entirely. Vote with your wallet.
I avoid “smart” products — especially those with screens — for this reason.
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Everyone should know this. Share it.
Hero. There’s only one gas station I use that has ads and I’ll try it there for sure. I deliberately avoid screened pumps.
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I would love to load up custom ROM though… What annoys me the most is lack of RTC battery, because the time resets whenever there’s a power outage.
They made an Internet-connected fridge and didn’t put an NTP client on it?
Oh it has internet time sync. But the problem is… connecting to wifi with invalid time is problematic. There are internet check endpoints with certificates that can’t be verified. On the off chance that it does connect, I get a zillion certificate errors from different background processes.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
On the plus side, considering the average lifespan of Samsung appliances, you probably won’t have to put up with it for very long.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
Much better than my current Samsung fridge where that obnoxious Samsung rep has to come every week to plaster a new ad on the door. At least it won’t leave glue all over the floor.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
The only smart feature a fridge needs is a beeper for when the door has been left open or water filter needs changing. It sure as heck doesn’t need WiFi.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
No, I won’t because I’m not stupid enough to buy an Internet connected ad machine refrigerator.
