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Worth pointing out that that “Target figured out a girl was pregnant before her father did” story is almost certainly untrue: www.predictiveanalyticsworld.com/…/3566/

I agree with the article that getting ads on a device you’ve already paid for with no hint that there would be ads is intrusive and a sad sign of how tech is going (in the same week that it was announced that Apple are going to be adding ads to Maps, too). But I also can’t help but wonder - who the fuck wants a smart fridge? Like, legitimately, what is the advantage over a normal fridge?

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ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Not a “smart” fridge per se, but I can see the use of a screen on my fridge; something where we can see our family calendar, leave notes for each other, and maybe also be able to access the grocery shopping list. Weather would be nice too, though you can keep the news widget (yikes). Something in a visible location in our house, where we go every day.

I’m not sure what other features they advertise with a smart fridge, but those few would be nice; especially if I could just plug a raspberry pi into it and skip all of the Samsung nonsense entirely.

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- bitchkat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I don’t even like water/ice dispensers on the door. I love the interior water dispensers.
  
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  - ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I agree with you there.
    
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- NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  We already do all of that (except the weather) why would I need a screen?
  
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  - ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    We’re a family of six, and the kids don’t have phones. It’s tough to coordinate schedules already and it’s only going to get worse.
    
    I recognize that I’m an edge case.
    
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    TehWorld@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You’re not an edge case. My family isn’t that large but we still have challenges with this exact thing.
    
    There’s a screen device that my wife gets incessantly advertised to her that is probably a better option than it being built into a fridge that has been engineered to last 3 weeks longer than the warranty.
    
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    NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    I was trying to say there is paper. That’s what we always did.
    
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timhayes1991@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Normal fridges are dumb. Smart fridge smart.

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