Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
For anyone who knows how, please add it to the consumer rights wiki.
consumerrights.wiki/Category:Samsung
Fuck Samsung.
Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator
Submitted 5 weeks ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.sammobile.com/news/get-ready-see-ads-samsung-refrigerator/
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parpol@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
slickgoat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Only if you buy one.
SirMaple__@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
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.
USBHoarder@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
What it actually needs is a little motor to close itself. If it knows I left it open it should be capable to close itself instead of crying like a useless piece of junk.
rbos@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
An expensive motor that breaks, or decides to close on you when you’re looking inside, or…
echodot@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Is that part of existed it would either close after 10 seconds and try and cut you in half, what would leave the door open for 5 minutes before doing anything.
VonReposti@feddit.dk 5 weeks ago
Mine is so “smart” that it doesn’t properly detect that it’s open with a cm or so gap. At least it beeped furiously when it detected that the freezer section had a dangerously high temperature half a day later.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
But how else will you know you need to make an unnecessary purchase?!
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
I used to work at a popular electrical retailer in the UK, and Samsung had come to our offices with some of their latest appliances, including a fridge freezer with a screen like this. They were trying to demonstrate the feature where you could look inside your fridge so you didn’t need to open the door, amongst other things, but it was of course a horrible laggy mess. I told the rep that nobody is going to use this after the first time and it’s just easier to open the door and look inside. You could tell he thought it was shit too but couldn’t come out and say it, but his smirk said it all.
rivvvver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
knowing samsung they prolly force retailers to have at least one of these things on display if u wanna sell samsung products
InnerScientist@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
it was of course a horrible laggy mess.
So the freezer froze?
Lawelen@fedia.io 5 weeks ago
Windows exist
skisnow@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
In classic fashion they’re doing it in a way where you can choose to not have them by not using particular display options, so that they can say with a straight face that they’re not forcing ads on you. Then once this bullshit is normalized and into everyone’s homes, making it non-optional on all screens is a much smaller leap in comparison.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Who could have possibly seen this coming…
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
This was always the endgame of smart homes, creating continuous ad revenue from everything you own. It was never about consumer experience for big companies.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
This it’s why there is nothing “smart” in my house.
I do have a smart tv that’s not allowed access to the internet, and that’s because they’re all like that now.
ratten@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
This it’s why there is nothing “smart” in my house.
Sorry, this is just a funny statement.
Raiderkev@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
No, I won’t because I’m not stupid enough to buy an Internet connected ad machine refrigerator.
bytesonbike@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
I wonder if it’ll be like TVs, which are cheap as fuck now for a really nice TV, but equipped with garbage like Alexa and Amazon fire.
Now you can buy a $200 “smart” TV, or a $1800 “dumb” TV.
mlg@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Are there even any dumb TVs anymore? The current lineup from CES 2025 is LG (OLED), Samsung (OLED), and TCL (MiniLED) which have great image quality options, but I’m fairly sure all are using a “smart” platform.
TCL doesn’t bother with software and uses Google TV. Samsung uses Tizen which is linux with another junk UI, though less painful than Google. LG uses webOS which I’ve heard UI side is better, but its still a junk UI on linux.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 weeks ago
Even the $3000 Samsung TVs have afs if you connect them to the Internet. Noone is safe
DJDarren@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Literally the only reason my LG TV is hooked up to the wifi is so I can show my wife stuff from my Android phone. For everything else we have an Apple TV.
I can’t see any good reason to allow a fridge access to the internet.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
I mean if it doesn’t make sound I’ll get the cheap “smart” fridge and just cover up the screen, if it’s a high quality fridge besides the screen, no problem.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Gross, my fridge got hit with ransomware again and now all the food inside is encrypted. Time to see if my canned backups are any good.
…Where did I put those backups?
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Wait a second… you’re into something here. What if a fridge could lock and unlock sections by Face ID? It could make sure my kids aren’t drinking my beer! Or eating my lunch for tomorrow. Or half a birthday cake. What if I could require my kids to grab an apple with a soda?
That would be kinda neat if I had money I couldn’t think of a better use for.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
…drinking my beer! Or eating my lunch for tomorrow. Or half a birthday cake.
Could’ve just said “eating my lunch”, it’s obviously a beer and half of a birthday cake.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
Someone hacked my fridge and gave it a virus. I ate the food and got gastroenteritis.
The food encryption was unnecessary, I already got DDOS’d when my wife and kids got there first and ate all the cake Before I got home from work.
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The FBI called to help, maybe they can sort things out for you too. Thought they’d be busy with other stuff right now but I guess they need these Apple gift cards to upgrade my security…
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
And this is why I avoid Samsung products entirely. Vote with your wallet.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I avoid “smart” products — especially those with screens — for this reason.
Tja@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
I wonder how are you posting that comment…
melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
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.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Those will die off soon enough, through forced obsolescence and an inability to compete with ad-subsidised junk that spies on you.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 weeks ago
All the terrible touch features they’re adding to cars these days makes me think a brand new car today would go obsolete before a 10 year old used car with 100k miles. New cars are unrepairable because of how complicated they are.
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
On the plus side, considering the average lifespan of Samsung appliances, you probably won’t have to put up with it for very long.
1984@lemmy.today 5 weeks ago
Im not buying anything with ads. If I have to buy a new flat screen tv, im making sure it can be used without the internet.
Ulrich@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Who could have seen this coming!?
tal@olio.cafe 5 weeks ago
To enhance our service and offer additional content to our users, advertisements will be displayed on the Cover Screen for the Weather, Color, and Daily Board themes.
I really hope that Steam games don't head down this path over time.
Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Valve, fortunately, has already codified a ban on advertisement in games and on the steam platform itself (The store page is curated by an algorithm fetching popular or game genres desired by the player rather than advertisers) partner.steamgames.com/doc/marketing/advertising
TheBat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Nougat@fedia.io 5 weeks ago
Oh god don’t tell them about ATMs.
Siegfried@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m more than ready. I’m so ready that won’t ever buy a refrigerator with an internet display in my life
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
Well fine. No smart refrigerator then.
azimir@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Show me an ad in my own kitchen and that screen is going to be broken.
I moved to Germany. It’s been an experience because the tech status dialed back about 15 years. One area I don’t miss is the ever pervasive drive to have screens with ads on every surface.
ratten@lemmings.world 5 weeks ago
All the useful idiots wasting their money on this crap are getting exactly what they deserve.
bytesonbike@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
I’ve been hearing about how shitty Samsung appliances are since 2018.
Who is buying these?
floo@retrolemmy.com 5 weeks ago
When I used to work at Home Depot, selling appliances, I would absolutely refuse to sell anyone anything from Samsung.
They make absolutely terrible and extremely expensive overpriced appliances
javiwhite@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Enshittification, in my kitchen?!
You have to be pretty naive to not have seen this one coming from a mile off. But hey, at least people can see what’s in their fridge without having to open the door, what a luxury.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Samsung make shit appliances that are particularly non-repairable anyway.
danc4498@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
My understanding is Samsung, at least as an appliance company, had tanked on quality over the last decade or so. I had all Samsung appliances until every one started failing slowly.
Not sure how they hope to survive with shit products AND a poor user experience.
ragas@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
They will cry into all their ad-money.
Imad@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Whoever bought a smart fridge deserves watching those ads
AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I mean, nobody REALLY deserves it. Driving consumerism seems misanthropic. Marketing and Sales people feel like a drain on society. Anyone is welcome to change my opinion. Sell me this pen.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
What?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
Yeah, there’s no way I’m buying an internet connected fridge with a giant screen.
callouscomic@lemmy.zip 5 weeks ago
To be honest, I’d judge people who have fridges with a screen. Completely unnecessary. This problem is easily solved.
Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
People that need to buy the newest, biggest, most expensive shit out of vanity always get judged. Just not the way they’d like.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Until they’re impossible to find without a screen, like dumb TVs are near impossible to find today.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
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 5 weeks ago
It will break much fast which is great for the economy
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Sammobile apparently has 1660 “partners”, the fuck?
aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Why would your refrigerator have a screen?
Why would you buy such a refrigerator?
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I recall the hype was to keep track of groceries or some such gimmick. I feel it to be unnecessary tech. How convenient that it shows ads. In any case, do not buy a Samsung appliance. They are total shite and will break down on you. Fridges, washing machines, dishwashers. All garbage. The televisions are fine.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Their TVs suck too. The remotes barely respond and they’re bogged down with ad-riddled garbage to the point I had to set up a parental lock just so I wasn’t force-fed trashy, outdated reality TV at 300 decibels when I power the damn thing on. Or worse, when the power goes out and it decides to blast at 3 AM. Unfortunately I didn’t make the choice to buy this thing.
Their phones are also locked down proprietary horse arse. I don’t understand the people who do, but oh well.
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org 5 weeks ago
To keep track of groceries? Just I don't know, LOOK inside the fridge. Oh the cabinets and drawers don't have screens, just slap a few of them on there to keep track of that shit too! Why stop at the fridge?
makyo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m not a huge fan of my Samsun monitor either actually. There’s a lot of stuff in there that I don’t want or use, and most of what is in there feels pretty half-assed. Will definitely be trying another brand when it comes to replace it.
Bosht@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Agreed. Bought a washer/dryer set and the washer literally shit out in a year, with repairs costing as much as the purchase. Fuck them.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Any company that pushes this shit doesn’t deserve your money. Don’t buy their TVs.
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 5 weeks ago
All electronics are garbage now it’s almost like they want you to buy a new one every year.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Most of my groceries are in the pantry not the fridge. This tech was always for people who have a kitchen that is for show and never used.
AceBonobo@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m not against my refrigerator having a screen that I can control
Valmond@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
But why?
KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
I would love a monitor on my fridge (it’d be better than most of the dusty old shit on mine right now. ) But I would want to have complete control of the hardware attached to that screen
I hope a DIY mod community springs up to help people take back the machines they own.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah a small screen showing time, day, weather, moon phase, sunrise/set, moonrise/set and daily/weekly schedule would be awesome. I have friends who keep a weekly meal/social schedule on their fridge and when I was staying with them mid move it was really convenient to have what’s going on so prominently displayed
I haven’t been able to get home assistant working but I imagine it has something for home displays like that with a fair amount of customizability
Ads and the news are two things I absolutely don’t want on my refrigerator. This is a large eye level object in the room that days begin in. They’re putting ads there because they know its a really convenient place to display useful information.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Why do gas pumps have screens?
Renorc@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
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plz1@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
To display ads.
Smith6612@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Especially lately. The screens used to just be for controlling the pump.
NOW THEY BLARE ADS AS YOU GAS UP YOUR VEHICLE.
It’s bliss after hours when the gas station is about to close and the ads stop. You can pump up in peace. Although when the ads crash the pump, have fun paying for gas.
DampCanary@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Only in banana republic would customer be less valuable than ad revenue
Normal ones, yes, even 3rd world countries:
INA gasoline pump station older model
INA gasoline pump station newer model
have counters only (minimalism).
bytesonbike@discuss.online 5 weeks ago
This is actually why I got a Costco membership. 90% of gas stations in my city have a TV screen now and fuck that noise.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“because I’m a dumbass”
“because I’m a dumbass”
–dumbass
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You ever think you’re just not creative and alone?
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
So you can see the inside of your fridge while never seeing the inside of your fridge.
1000034547
aesthelete@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just open the fucking door.
echodot@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
Well I suppose that would be sort of a useful feature especially if you could access the camera remotely while shopping but if you think about it that camera angle is impossible.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Family calendar is the big one.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I agree. Speding an additional $1000 for that feature is so much better than a piece of paper and a Spongebob Squarepants magnet.
ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
If only there was some less ridiculous way of keeping a calendar on a fridge, like a white board or something. Its too bad in the history of fridges that there was no way to keep a calendar on it, its just impossible to
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yeah at a reasonable price I think a fridge is a decent place to put a display surface. It’s an early point of failure but with some consumer and longevity focused thinking that’s resolvable. I don’t need it enough for the costs but if done well with a focus on the consumer’s needs and wants it could be quite nice. Mind you that condition means fat chance but still, a display telling me what I’m doing today and if I need a jacket would be really convenient in the kitchen. Give it a bus tracker and I think people would really love that.
Honestly I hate how much of tech these days ignores asking if it’s solving a problem