Wouldn’t be surprised if you popped it open to disconnect the screen, the cooler would stop working.
Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.
Submitted 2 weeks ago by validiarim@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
meejle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How long till stuff starts working on mobile game logic?
Next free fridge unlock:
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⏩ Watch an ad to unlock earlycloudless@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Don’t forget the premium subscription and NFT.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Drink a verification can to continue
flamiera@kbin.melroy.org 2 weeks ago
$1.99 to freshen your fruits and vegetables
$4.99 to freeze your meats
$0.99 to make ice cubes
$1.99 to cool your drinks
$11.99 to make waterIampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Delete this post.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
Your fridge is cooling for 13 more hours watch two ads now to get 4 more hours.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
how about this, you only get 100 closing/opening of the fridge door a month. the freezer will cost you extra to open and close.
TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Ad supported fridge would not be awful if you get it for free or very low price. I wouldn’t buy it but for some lower income people could be a good alternative.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Ew. I’d build an ice box or live out of coolers.
inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
To that I say, why in the hell would you buy a smart fridge in the first place? That’s on you for buying something that stupid.
freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
it will become like many appliances… You want a dumb tv? Possible, but it will cost you more than a smart one. You want a dumb fridge? Fine, but soon it will cost you more than a ‘smart’ one you can’t even turn on without making an account somewhere and registering your email and phone
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Same thing with screen ads in new Jeeps. You bought a Jeep, you deserve pain.
FatVegan@leminal.space 2 weeks ago
My dad owned a bunch of jeeps from the 90’s to 2005 ish. I never understood how anyone could buy more than one of these pieces of shit.
merc@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
In theory a smart fridge could be useful.
If it automatically scanned everything you put inside, it could tell you what ingredients you had if you were planning a recipe. If you were at the store you could know what to buy. It could warn you before something reached its expiry date, or remind you what leftovers were still uneaten. Depending on how much you trusted it, it could learn what you always buy, and add them to your shopping list when you were running low, or even actually order them.
In theory this could reduce food spoilage and wastage, and could save you money in the long term. It requires trust though. Samsung is obviously mistreating users by showing them ads. But, it could be much worse. The fridge could order food that the user didn’t need, or if it ordered food Samsung could strike a deal with one company and always prefer their brands even when there were cheaper options. And, of course, Samsung could sell your buying habits to Google and Meta who would use it to more effectively target you with ads. Or, Samsung could cut a deal with insurance companies to tell them which users had unhealthy eating habits so the insurance company could deny coverage or hike rates.
The big issue here is section 1201 of the DMCA. If that didn’t exist, someone could open up a business installing a new, custom, privacy-centric OS on people’s fridges. But, with section 1201 in place, that’s illegal and you could be thrown in jail for performing that service. Even outside the US laws like that exist because the US insisted on them on condition that otherwise the US would force those countries to pay high tariffs. Of course, now the US is jacking up tariffs regardless. I have no idea why no country has yet repealed their equivalent of section 1201. Whichever country does it first will have a huge advantage.
Fredselfish@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Then connect to the internet? But I think saw on YouTube that they can brick your fridge if you do anything to stop getting ads.
Yerbouti@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Advertising must be the worst human invention ever.
VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
All thanks to John Advertising.
We know because that asshole told everyone about it and his services.
zbyte64@awful.systems 2 weeks ago
It often feels like violence.
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’d be really funny if your name was Carol
axexrx@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
There was a reddit legal advice post recently with that premise. Poster’s sister was a schizophrenic named Carol, who checked herself into an inpatient mental facility, after seeing this ad on a smart fridge, and thinking her treatment was failing and she was slipping into another episode.
Brother was wondering if they had grounds to sue over treatment costs.
Foni@piefed.zip 2 weeks ago
I sincerely hope they win the case and receive a good compensation.
kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 2 weeks ago
EtherWhack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I get the vibe that they wanted to use Karen, but realized alienating and insulting their users just for complaining about the ads was a bit too far. (Apple and Samsung can just rot in a ditch)
PrimeErective@startrek.website 2 weeks ago
It’s an ad for a television show in which the main character’s name is Carol
hiramfromthechi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
cloudless@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
I would return it.
IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
I never understood why anyone would buy one in the first place. I like home automation where it makes sense (like having some of my bedroom lights and my coffee maker tied to my phone alarm in the morning) but why would anyone ever tie their fridge to the internet?
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
In theory it would be cool to track inventory automatically for restocking, and you could have an app where owner can pay things to the fridge for the rest of the family to see.
In practice nobody would use that app, whiteboards are more fun, and it would never be able to tell what’s in containers of leftovers.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I never understood why anyone would buy one in the first place.
Because fucking idiots buy anything with a screen, over anything with a slightly smaller screen.
Greg@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I might put some zigbee door sensors on my fridge so I can get an alert when it’s left open. My 3yo has learned to open the freezer and while it does make a noise, so do a lot of things in my house so I might not notice straight away. Maybe an internal temperature sensor as well? Ok, now you’ve got me thinking, imma turn my fridge into a T1000 but at least it won’t try and sell me anything.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I only like home automation in the sense “light goes on if something moves” because that works offline.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
if they return it, or trying to scrap it, the customer would have to admit to themselves they bought an overpriced FRIDGE that couldve cost less than a thousand.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
or a smart oven, someone that would buy a smart fridge would buy smart appliances. there was a post on reddit where someone complained about thier smart oven not working because it cant connect to thier internet.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
…To the manufacturer. The retailer’s not going to take it back, and even if you did manage to bully them into taking it somehow that’s still allowing the retailer to shield the manufacturer (i.e. Samsung) from the consequences of their actions. And consequences are what Samsung needs to see over this.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I remember when fridges with screens were first becoming a thing, and one way they tried to sell them was the convenience of being able to leave notes, shopping lists, photos, etc… for other members of the family. And even back then, before the advertising apocalypse, I remember thinking, what in the actual fuck makes this 1000 dollar feature any more useful than a 20 dollar magnetic white board and a dry erase marker?
Tronn4@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Enshitifiction. It makes the line go up.
yannic@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Speaking of enshitification, who wants to bet that the calendar app doesn’t support CalDAV?
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And the ultimate outcome of that was, at one point Google enacted some kind of API change which necessitated Samsung to push out an update to remain compatible, otherwise all of your Google enabled features such as the calendar syncing, email, etc. would stop working. Samsung claimed to be developing a patch for this, and ultimately pushed out an update to… only some of their models. For the others, their response was literally just, “We recommend you buy a newer refrigerator.”
But since that was going on for ten years ago now, information about it on the Internet is a trifle difficult to find because the search results have largely been overshadowed by Samsung’s more recent smart fridge fuckup. Grand.
Never buy a Samsung appliance.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
I actually think a multipurpose digital screen could be quite useful and fun on a refrigerator, not needed or necessary at all but I think in a less enshittified timeline an open source version of this, possibly even an e-ink screen, could actually be quite wonderful. It would make far more sense as a whiteboard time object that you attach to your refrigerator though and obviously this entire concept is predatory on so many levels it is mindboggingly… but the idea of having a sort of communal digital screen on a refrigerator isn’t a bad idea itself I don’t think as hard as it is to imagine a reality where an appliance like this was designed in good faith.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
100%. It’s a matter of where does the technology stop being about “useful for us” and starts being “useful for them”.
A digital whiteboard would be a good feature (not ‘necessary’, but cool). It’s when they decide it needs to be connected to the internet that it becomes “is this technology serving us…or serving them” that’s the problem.
I’m not anti-tech at all. Quite the opposite. But I remember the mid-2000s when all of this tech was getting off the ground and it was being innovated and invented for OUR benefit, not for the corporations. That’s when this kind of stuff was fun.
HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
But you can buy a tablet and use magnets… Cheaper and upgrable. Like there’s no reason to physically combine something that lasts but a fraction of a quality fridges life.
Snowpix@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Because you must consooooooooom. Don’t think, just spend. See shiny “useful” feature, open wallet.
Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It’s depressing to notice just how much pop culture from teh 80s onward was trying to warn us about this coming shittorm. It’s like, as soon as Reaganomics came on the scene, there were those who immediately saw it for what it was and started fighting. (Punk Rock, Literature, Movies, etc…) and it wasn’t enough. No one paid any attention and we are now where we are because as a culture we got sucked into chasing more shiny shit at the expense of our own good.
freebee@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
why does a fridge need a computer and a screen?
Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
The burning question on the hearts and minds of everyone who isn’t a complete dolt since these things came out
SirHery@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So they can show you ads. Obviously 😌
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I keep racking my brain on this one. Unless it’s doing advanced things like automatically tracking fridge inventory and helping build shopping lists, there’s literally no point. Analog controls work fine, even for fancier fridges with integrated ice makers.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
why does anything aside from a computer?
Cephalotrocity@biglemmowski.win 2 weeks ago
‘need’? It doesn’t.
Possible useful applications? Reporting on anything relevant to the fridge (temps., power consumption, water level, maintenance reminders, usage tracking etc…)
Other than that I can’t think of anything other than 'bragging rights.
OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Anyone who bought into this crap kind of deserves it at this point.
I keep my appliances dumb AF because I have half a chance at repairing them should something break.
There are also fewer points of failure.
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
no. nobody deserves to be scammed.
yes they should have known better and did not, but they did not deserve it.
TommySoda@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah, but some people didn’t opt into it. I’ve worked on a lot of new construction in my state and they buy these appliances for every new apartment complex they build. I know people could choose a different apartment, but most people don’t have any other option and saying “no” to a decent apartment because of a refrigerator isn’t a luxury people can afford.
Iampossiblyatwork@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The way things are going …if you want a new fridge at an affordable price the ones with ads will be your only choice. This is peak late stage capitalism with no consumer protections or anti monopoly practices in place
percent@infosec.pub 2 weeks ago
Well yeah, it’s a fridge with a spacious screen and an Internet connection in the 2020s. Of course they’d capitalize on all that advertising real-estate. And of course they’d wait until after people have had them for a while. They’re unsurprisingly shameless.
I’d be curious to know what kind of data it’s collecting to optimize those ads.
Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Using some of the wifi connection tricks companies have, it can probably associate the device with all the devices your family has and the corresponding data
Jhex@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I still don’t understand any benefit from having a screen on my fridge… but now I hate them, thanks Samsung
A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I just find it astonishing that Samsung still makes appliances… Considering how awful they are at doing it, and how much money they have to lose for the dozen+ warranty repair visits they inevitably have before ultimately refunding the device.
Maybe thats why they have screens, So their appliance division can finally turn profit by advertising you until their device dies
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I would be so pissed if I bought one of these. I’d probably smash the screen in rage.
I knew this would happen though.
DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Remember this when they try to self is the idea of putting screens in the sky
donalonzo@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Technology could be so awesome, and this is what they do.
I love technology. This is complete policy failure. Big Tech must be annihilated.
403@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Why on earth would anyone buy this garbage? The only advanced feature I’d like would be a crushed ice dispenser.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This was always the goal when they started adding screens. Screens should always be viewed as ad delivery mechanisms especially if internet connected. That goes triple for devices that absolutely don’t need a screen. Like a fucking fridge. They will slow boil the process at first. But they’ll do it.
Tattorack@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
The absolute irony. Yeah, this advert is trying to be a reference to what’s happening in the series, as this is exactly what the main character is experiencing.
But it creeped put and distressed the character into a mental breakdown. Yes, let’s emulate that as a tongue-in-cheek fridge advertisement.
macarthur_park@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
FYI there is a setting to disable ads. Doesn’t excuse them for introducing ads in the first place, but at least it’s a solvable problem (for now).
BluesF@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Samsung smart fridge disable ads
Turn off ads smart fridge
Jailbreak samsung smart fridge
Open source smart fridge software
Fridges for sale near me
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Imagine your name really is “Carol”, then you wake up one day and see this shit
BigMacHole@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
If you Dont LIKE THIS you’re a TERRORIST!
-Trump’s NPSM-7 which Classifies ANTI CAPITALISM as Terrorism! FREEDOM!
danc4498@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
So ironic considering the advertising material. It feels like this show is about technology replacing humans.
NoodlePoint@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s kinda coincidental to have all three conglomerates in that picture: Sony producing that TV show, with advertisement paid by Apple TV to Samsung.
starlinguk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If you bought it without ads and it started showing ads, that would be a breach of contract.
DarkSideOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
At least they don’t lock the fridge until you watch an ad.
witty_username@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
Imo this is not so much infuriating as it is just straight up ridiculous.
Don’t bloody buy smart appliances. If you happen to have one, switch off its connectivity. If you insist on local connectivity, isolate it from the web. If you insist on using the internet connectivity of your home appliance then you deserve every bit of the nonsense that is thrown at youIphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Just wait until buggy malware worms its way into these things and the screen just shows kernel panics in an infinite loop.
matsdis@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Time to re-read Cory Doctorow’s “Unauthorized Bread”. I thought it was satire and way over the top, but reality keeps catching up.
claim_arguably@lemdro.id 2 weeks ago
Fuck this
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, thanks. I’ll stick with my long-since-paid-for, 25-year-old Maytag. That is, as long as it works.
I recall reading in Consumer Reports many years ago that most refrigerators were discarded not because they stopped working, but because of cosmetic damage. Broken plastic door shelves, dents, rust, out of style, etc. The compressors were still fine.
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
really sucks, but like did we not expect this to happen?
can@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
we did
tal@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
There were still many flat surfaces in the world that did not yet have advertisements displayed on them.
panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Is this something Ray Bradbury wrote?
MajorasTerribleFate@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Now they have curved and flexible displays, so is any surface safe?
cloudless@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
Why would you expect this to happen?
markz@suppo.fi 2 weeks ago
It’s an internet connected appliance with a screen, made by samsung. If you follow the right kinds of news, that combination should send shivers down your spine.
azimir@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
Because we’ve seen 30 years of the Web? Because streets used to be (and some sill are) nothing but a place to put up billboards and ads? Because corporations are led by psychopaths and they care absolutely nothing about your well-being or personal health in your home?
OF COURSE if they can put an ad in your kitchen they’ll by all means put an ad in your kitchen. It’s literally the goal of giving out brochures and pamphlets of ads: to make you take the ads into your home. Why are there brand names on everything? It’s advertising all the way down. Giving them an Internet-connecting screen they control in your kitchen is just asking for ads to be displayed in your private space.
BorgDrone@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
It’s a Samsung.
tyler@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Because Samsung has done this to literally every one of their other products, even ones without screens, and only apps, like Samsung SmartThings and their washers and dryers.
6nk06@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
They scammed people for years with their phones.
can@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
We’ve been paying attention?
Or to put it more nicely: no one finds this side of the fediverse without feeling at least a little burned by corporations.
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
What else would the screen be for? Even if there was another valid reason, why wouldn’t they put ads on it? It’s easy profit or unused real estate in their eyes.
brunchyvirus@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
They make fridges, which typically sit in a room until it decides to die. Shareholders got pissy the enormous bill for ecs doesn't have the correct permissions
scarabic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Yeah I actually never expected to have an LCD billboard up inside my home.