If you bought it without ads and it started showing ads, that would be a breach of contract.
Fresh dystopian hell from Samsung fridges with ads.
Submitted 18 hours ago by validiarim@lemmy.world to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
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starlinguk@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
lol_idk@piefed.social 16 hours ago
In purchasing this appliance you agree to our TOS that says we can change our TOS arbitrarily. Also you can’t sue us because you’ve also agreed to arbitration
x00z@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Good thing that’s not legal in most parts of the world.
fadedmaster@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
They probably get around this from some clause in the terms and conditions… Yep… Terms and conditions for a fridge.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
you didn’t sign.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
You don’t own the software on your $2000 fridge, read the EULA.
lefixxx@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
after seeing pluribus that ad has a whole new meaning
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Ads are shitty.
Ads on fridge are insanely shitty.
That particular ad is good as ads go.
The product advertised is amazing.
tl;dr: Samsung bad, ad agency good, show great.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 10 hours ago
Is it really good? I like Rhea Seehorn but the synopsis seemed meh to me. Might give it a go.
IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Just wait until buggy malware worms its way into these things and the screen just shows kernel panics in an infinite loop.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 13 hours ago
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 15 hours 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.
dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Unsolicited advice warning: Depending on how handy you are, you may want to consider grabbing a few wear parts or the most commonly replaced bits before inventory completely dries up. I used to have a newer (but still old) dryer and thought the heating element was failing - a replacement part was actually kind of hard to source. Anyway, that would give the ol’ beast a good shot at another decade or two.
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.
Yup. The enshitification kicks in super hard after a technology is mostly “solved”. Refrigerator compressors and insulated boxes are both very much optimized as much as they’re going to get. The only way to eke more cash out of making a product like that is to cut corners on other bits, or somehow get people to buy a subscription somehow.
Quadhammer@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
There’s probably someone out there that can or do make the parts aftermarket
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 15 hours ago
Does the plastic hinges on the freezer door breaking count as “cosmetic damage” too?
pinheadednightmare@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
I would return it
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
To be more accurate, the ads only appear in specific cases where idiots were dumb enough to buy a fridge with a screen.
roserose56@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
This is a repost. We did see that in this community or another one a week + ago.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
Soooo many reposts
Xylight@lemdro.id 5 hours ago
internet explorer bro
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Okay that one single ad about Pluribus is quite funny, especially being displayed on a fridge, but other than that, it’s NO.
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
thats what a nailgun and particle board is for.
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Or just don’t give your fridge wifi access. Then the fridge still at least works as a fridge.
HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
True.
gezginorman@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
i’m not judging for having this abomination, but black tape, all the way down
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 hours ago
That comma is unnecessary and introduces ambiguity to the sentence, which is the opposite of what commas are supposed to do.
For example, who is the dumbass?:
Have a good weekend dumbass!
Have a good week, dumbass!
Have a good week, Dumbass!
Who is Carol?!? The addressed, or the addressee? (I’m not actually an English expert so may be wildly incorrect)
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
You’re wildly incorrect, according to every major style guide.
If you’re critiquing widely accepted rules of English grammar, your critique may be valid.
solarvector@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 hours ago
Honestly I’m not sure if I’m critiquing widely accepted English grammar because it seems kinda like the serial comma (some use, some don’t), but I don’t know the name for it.
The NY Times piece on commas doesn’t cite any sources and gives examples with and without based on Byzantine rules I highly doubt anyone follows, and the OWL doesn’t seem to cover this specifically.
So… any idea what this particular type of comma is called that I’m wrong about but would like to persuade others that I should be right?
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
hey this is the internet we don’t care if its correct we care if it sounds
scarabic@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
I would merely hate this and curse the manufacturer. But I know that if it were in my house, my kids, with their raw, unhardened minds, would find it irresistible. The slogans would worm their way into their everyday speech. They would talk about new ads over breakfast. They just don’t have the filters we adults have. So I’m so fucking glad I don’t have anything like this. It’s beyond mildly infuriating to truly insidious.
altphoto@lemmy.today 13 hours ago
LOL we got the version with no ice dispenser and the window that you knock to turn a light on…and ignorance is bliss… The fridge’s ignorance in this case. Just be a fridge and cool shit down. That’s all we’re asking for.
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
The damn thing is probably reading the barcodes too.
stiffyGlitch@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
just…why…? I…I have no words. also what’s with the reposts chill bro people will see it
witty_username@feddit.nl 15 hours 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 you
sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 7 hours ago
Once smart appliances become the only way to make profit competitively dumb appliances simply won’t be made. Arguably, we are already very close to thus reality.