Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
Why would your refrigerator have a screen?
Why would you buy such a refrigerator?
Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator
Submitted 3 hours ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.sammobile.com/news/get-ready-see-ads-samsung-refrigerator/
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aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 2 hours 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.
makyo@lemmy.world 32 minutes 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.
Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org 1 hour 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?
AceBonobo@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I’m not against my refrigerator having a screen that I can control
KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 2 hours 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.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 25 minutes ago
Sammobile apparently has 1660 “partners”, the fuck?
parpol@programming.dev 2 hours ago
For anyone who knows how, please add it to the consumer rights wiki.
consumerrights.wiki/Category:Samsung
Fuck Samsung.
javiwhite@feddit.uk 40 minutes 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.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
Who could have possibly seen this coming…
Ulrich@feddit.org 2 hours ago
Who could have seen this coming!?
floo@retrolemmy.com 59 minutes 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
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2 hours 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 13 minutes 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 9 minutes 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 24 minutes 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 17 minutes 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…
tal@olio.cafe 3 hours 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 2 hours 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
tal@olio.cafe 2 hours ago
Ah, thanks! Well, that's one lone ray of light.
TheBat@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
tal@olio.cafe 2 hours ago
kagis
It sounds like that was a joke from some years back.
Skyrim: Special Edition Announced For Samsung Smart Refrigerators And Alexa
If that headline has confused you then let’s be very clear, this is a joke by Bethesda...
Nougat@fedia.io 2 hours ago
Oh god don’t tell them about ATMs.
tal@olio.cafe 2 hours ago
They do have a screen and Internet connectivity, but I don't think that ATMs are actually a great route (unless they force people to stop and wait to get their money, which I don't think will fly and will cut into capacity). There isn't much eyeball time on them. The reason a car or a refrigerator works is because you're likely to be around it a lot.
I will say that the rise of gas pumps at gas stations that play back advertisements is pretty obnoxious, though.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
Samsung make shit appliances that are particularly non-repairable anyway.
azimir@lemmy.ml 2 hours 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.
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 2 hours ago
Yeah, there’s no way I’m buying an internet connected fridge with a giant screen.
LordCrom@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
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 1 hour 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.
TarantulaFudge@startrek.website 2 hours ago
Honestly, it doesn’t cost more than fridge without a screen. I was trying to buy an LG with the window that you can knock on to see inside (not screen) but it was out of stock… and ended up with one of these fridges. The software is stupid though, I use it to play music sometimes when I’m cooking. It has some menu options for controlling the fridge too. I would love to load up custom ROM though…
tal@olio.cafe 59 minutes ago
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?
chug-capture-ahoy@piefed.social 1 hour ago
First world problems
aesthelete@lemmy.world 2 hours 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.
BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
But, can it play Doom?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 hours ago
Oh fuck no.
LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
Lololololololilolololololollol
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 19 minutes 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 3 minutes ago
knowing samsung they prolly force retailers to have at least one of these things on display if u wanna sell samsung products