A software update rolling out to Samsung’s Family Hub refrigerators in the US is putting ads on the fridges for the first time. The “promotions and curated advertisements” are coming despite Samsung insisting to The Verge in April that it had “no plans” to do so.
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If I want my fridge enshittified I’ll bag up my own poop and put it in the freezer, thankyouverymuch
Didn’t George Carlin have a bit about how all marketing people should just kill themselves?
That’s a Bill Hicks bit 😉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h9wStdPkQY
Ah, thanks for the correction!
My in-laws have had an utterly terrible experience with Samsung kitchen appliances.
Not because of tech, mind you, but because they’re shitty and break down. Don’t buy Samsung.
Their SSDs seem to have the best reputation though.
Whole other part of the company.
Like, Samsung is a big company, really like 3 or 4 companies in a trench coat.
There are so many options for fridges that don’t have any tech in them at all. This is so easy to avoid.
Maybe it did not have plans to put ads on every last home appliance, but when the interviewer gave them the idea, they started making all of the plans forehead tap
I feel for those who got duped on their fridge. I couldn’t find an entry for this incident, yet, on https://consumerrights.wiki/Samsung so I’ll sit down and try my best to write it up.
Can’t wait until I have to watch a 4 minutes unskippable ad before being able to eat!
Shocked that they haven’t already had ads.
Has anyone used a smart fridge? I’m struggling to think of what features I’d actually end up using.
Had to go fridge shopping recently, and looked at them in the stores. The only feature I’ve seen that is semi-useful is seeing what is inside without opening the door. 100% not worth the cost or ads. Plus the more complicated the extras, the more things that can go wrong. Wound up with a fridge that doesn’t even have an in door water dispenser and it is great
What if you wanted to program your toasting levels on your smart toaster, but didn’t want to cross the kitchen?
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