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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.

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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I do not understand people. Why did you need a fridge with a display in the first place?

I'm finally sure my fridge predates the internet it came with the house and cost £50 I have zero interest in replacing it what does having a display give me?

Frankly if you're buying these fridges you're part of the problem, of course they're going to put advertisements on it, what else are they going to put on it. You all damn well know you don't use the display anyway.

[–] localhorst@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It will break much faster which is great for the economy

[–] blackn1ght@feddit.uk 10 points 2 weeks ago

Sammobile apparently has 1660 "partners", the fuck?

[–] roundup5381@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just in this thread to say Fuck Samsung

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[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

The good news is that it's going to break soon anyway and you'll have to buy another. Maybe try one without a screen on it.

So this reinforcers my policy of not buying Samsung. They really do just retroactively add ads to every product with a screen.

[–] LordCrom@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Hahaha. Who would pay so much for a smart fridge. In the words of Gilfoyle, all it needs to do is keep my fucking beer cold.

[–] parpol@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

Well, with ads it will likely become cheaper than dumb fridges, which will lock in more and more customers until the sudden subscription service hits and everyone have to agree and pay up or buy a new fridge altogether. This isn't the first, second nor third time this has happened.

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[–] johnwicksdog@aussie.zone 7 points 1 week ago

I don't mind smart products, though I'm not sure what problem is solved by a screen on a fridge. That said, I do hate it when these devices need to rely on the cloud to function, and Ads I can't tolerate--I usually try to block the DNS address for things that like to spy on me or show me ads.

This sort of stuff damages the Samsung as a brand. It makes me unlikely to consider Samsung for other products like TVs.

[–] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

But, can it play Doom?

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