cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/51856491
Here’s how to opt out.
Archived version: archive.is/…/samsung-family-hub-smart-fridge-ads-…
Here’s what they look like on my fridge:
I would not buy appliances with ads,
I would not buy them, Sam-I-Am.
Here’s what ads on your $2,000 Samsung smart fridge will look like
Submitted 6 months ago by schizoidman@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theverge.com/report/806797/samsung-family-hub-smart-fridge-ads-opt-out
Comments
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I would not buy them here or there. I would not buy them anywhere. I do not like appliances with ads. I do not like them Sam-I-Am.
klemptor@startrek.website 6 months ago
Not in my house
Not in a flat
Don’t make me grouse
I do not want that!
mech@feddit.org 6 months ago
That’s the main issue here. This fridge didn’t show ads when people bought it.
So buying things that don’t show ads isn’t enough. You need to only buy things that don’t get updates.Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But… Do you need the LCD panel? Will the box still get cold without it? Cause I do have a hammer…
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, that just makes this so sinister.
What I mean is that my fridge doesn’t have a screen. So if Panasonic decided to show me ads on a fridge where the most complicated feature is the ice maker, that would be a neat trick.
toxicbubble@lemmy.world 6 months ago
can’t wait for the ice dispenser dlc
jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
It’s already a subscription model called a water filter.
davidgro@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Since it’s a Samsung ice dispenser, that’s a recurring charge. (Service calls.)
(Seriously though, I’ll never buy another Samsung appliance after my experience with that fridge’s ice dispenser)
Psychonaut1969@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Same experience with them here. The LG replacement fridge w icemaker also sucks and stops working for months at a time.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 months ago
No that’s what the front of my fridge will never look like no matter my net worth. I will never buy a smart refrigerator, certainly not this model from Samsung!
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
I would like to know why anyone would go out and buy a smart fridge. What amazing feature does it have that you cannot be without? I seriously don’t get it.
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
It’s a way of showing one’s wealth (and peak dunnig-krugger status when it comes to technology) to visits?!
davidgro@lemmy.world 6 months ago
One thing I heard of that would be handy is cameras in the fridge so while out shopping you can check if you already have stuff or how much is left (depending on the container)
echodot@feddit.uk 6 months ago
Does that work though because I can’t imagine you get a very good angle on things unless there’s multiple cameras and you get a composite image one for each shelf.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 months ago
And here I am all old-school, just making a list for things.
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think you can run DOOM on it
woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I think you can run DOOM on it
Running Doom on a Linux device with Wayland is not really that much effort once you have a way to execute 3rd party binaries.
Mondoshawan@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
But can it run crysis?
scrion@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I could see it if it was a screen I get to control, akin to a smart mirror. Fridge door would be a pretty good surface since I’m guaranteed to look at it a couple of times each day.
Other than that, push notifications if the door is open? That’s about the max when it comes to usefulness I can imagine. Is that a problem that requires a connected device? No, probably not.
However, depending on the model range, it becomes difficult to even get a model that doesn’t have the “smart” features. No one can force you to connect the device though (yet).
Branwen_Cielocanto@piefed.social 6 months ago
They can program it in a way that means it will simply stop cooling your food if it doesn’t have internet(and/or if you haven’t given them permission to send ads to at least one other device) XD
Aceticon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
It has been my general experience over the years that with just about all electronics devices with “everything and the kitchen sink”, you’re actually better off buying the elements separatelly.
For example, you’re better of with a “dumb” fridge plus a good tablet and something to hang it on the fridge door. Another example is how a “dumb” TV and a TV Media Box separatelly are a better choice than a Smart TV.
This is because those things usually have different technology life-cycles (i.e. the time period were a tablet is expected to remain useful and performant is much less than for a fridge), some parts are useful on their own and hence are more flexible to use if they’re separate (i.e. a standalone tablet has many more uses than one integrated in a Smart Fridge).
tenacious_mucus@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Yea, i pretty mich agree with all your points. Made me think of a situation with my neighbor a few months ago- one of their kids left the fridge door slightly open when they left. I think for a weekend trip or something, just enough that everything had spoiled. Lots of meat, too, so they had a blast with that. Some sort of push notification might have helped or prevented that, but otherwise…nah. Dont need nor want any of that always connected, smart, online, wtf ever mess.
overload@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Literally LOL’d when I saw the ad.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Pi-Hole?
Little8Lost@lemmy.world 6 months ago
in case someone only wants to use the block without setting up a server (& trusting others) fmhy.net/privacy#dns-adblocking
BigTrout75@lemmy.world 6 months ago
“fridge, I need a 12 pack of beer and two large pizzas”. Uber eats shows up 45 minutes later. We’re all doomed! Ha ha ha.
besselj@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
I opt out by never connecting it to the internet.
Triumph@fedia.io 6 months ago
I opt out by not spending $2K on a fridge that annoys me by its mere existence.
Branwen_Cielocanto@piefed.social 6 months ago
I don’t know if that kind of fridge will do its job without internet, it might just stop cooling your food XD
j4k3@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Opt out is idiotic. Don’t buy this shit! You to not own it. What fuckwit dumbass rents a fridge someone else controls for $2k. I bet it has a camera inside to sell grocers a list of what to mark up for your custom pricing nonsense because you bought a billboard that screams I’m a gullible moron with more money than sense.
halfwaythere@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you eat like shit, that info can be sold to health providers, insurance for that sweet sweet premium increases too.
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I need my refridgerator to be a box.
A box that gets cold inside.
Thats it. Just a cold box.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
I also want it dispense cold water. That’s not a requirement, just nice to have.
mech@feddit.org 6 months ago
I just wish I could buy a cold box, a hot box, a spinny-arm water box and a spinny-drum water box without computer chips in them at all.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
I can’t think of a single thing on a fridge that needs to be smart.
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
The people designing them should be smart. Should be…
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 months ago
ads
its the same people that bought the 2k beds, and aws froze and heated up the beds.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Not 2k beds. 2k bed covers. You still needed your own bed.
AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 6 months ago
Nothing needs to be, but I do like to monitor door status and temperature for my fridge and deep freezers with home assistant.
paequ2@lemmy.today 6 months ago
To Home Assistant! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
Have these functions actually proved useful? I think I’ve had maybe one fridge failure in my entire lifetime that resulted in a complete loss of contents.
original_reader@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Guess what they look like on my 250 Dollar dumb fridge.
I can even keep my food chilled with it. Plus I can freeze stuff. Even has a light when I open the door. Super practical. You guys should come see it!