Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
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Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator
Submitted 6 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.sammobile.com/news/get-ready-see-ads-samsung-refrigerator/
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LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 months ago
LordCrom@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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?
cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Yeah, there’s no way I’m buying an internet connected fridge with a giant screen.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
aesthelete@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Why would your refrigerator have a screen?
Why would you buy such a refrigerator?
NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 6 months ago
So you can see the inside of your fridge while never seeing the inside of your fridge.
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months 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.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Why do gas pumps have screens?
bytesonbike@discuss.online 6 months 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.
DampCanary@lemmy.world 6 months 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 modelINA gasoline pump station newer model
have counters only (minimalism).
Renorc@lemmy.world 6 months ago
plz1@lemmy.world 6 months ago
To display ads.
Smith6612@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Family calendar is the big one.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 months 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
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 months 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 6 months 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
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“because I’m a dumbass”
“because I’m a dumbass”
–dumbass
CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You ever think you’re just not creative and alone?
AceBonobo@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m not against my refrigerator having a screen that I can control
KingOfSleep@lemmy.ca 6 months 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 6 months 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.
PancakesCantKillMe@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
the hype was to keep track of groceries
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.
AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Any company that pushes this shit doesn’t deserve your money. Don’t buy their TVs.
al_Kaholic@lemmynsfw.com 6 months ago
All electronics are garbage now it’s almost like they want you to buy a new one every year.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
Bosht@lemmy.world 6 months 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.
makyo@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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?
parpol@programming.dev 6 months ago
For anyone who knows how, please add it to the consumer rights wiki.
consumerrights.wiki/Category:Samsung
Fuck Samsung.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Oh fuck no.
DaddleDew@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Samsung make shit appliances that are particularly non-repairable anyway.
azimir@lemmy.ml 6 months 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.
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Who could have possibly seen this coming…
ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
This it’s why there is nothing “smart” in my house.
Sorry, this is just a funny statement.
Ulrich@feddit.org 6 months ago
Who could have seen this coming!?
tal@olio.cafe 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Ah, thanks! Well, that's one lone ray of light.
Nougat@fedia.io 6 months ago
Oh god don’t tell them about ATMs.
tal@olio.cafe 6 months 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.
TheBat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
tal@olio.cafe 6 months 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...
betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months ago
Could’ve just said “eating my lunch”, it’s obviously a beer and half of a birthday cake.
cRazi_man@europe.pub 6 months 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 6 months 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…