The things Samsung has to resort to, to be able to afford ram for its phones after Samsung cut Samsung off from it’s supply.
Yes, and I am tired of seeing posts about smart fridge ads. Let the dumb people that bought a fridge with a TOC and internet connection see the fucking ads.
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That’s why I support Free Software movement
The underlying problem is capitalism, not technology per se. It’s the “Big” part.
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The first part of your sentence, before the comma, applies to just about everything in the world today, not just technology. Peace.
The only part of a samsung appliance designed to work reliably.
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.
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
A quick scan of Mac addresses would be enough. I’d be shocked if it didn’t. Then there’s ip address correlation, which, while it has more steps, is probably easier. Then, of course, you log into your fridge with an email address …
And at this point I’m just going to pause and reflect on how absurd that sentence is to someone from 2010 or earlier.
I imagine it goes like this:
- Fridge gather nearby SSIDs
- Samsung partners with Google/Meta
- Cross reference SSIDs with the ones being collected from Android devices/Meta apps
- Get advertising IDs from devices likely in this house
- Profit
Or, and much much cheaper:
- To continue configuring this fridge please install this app via play/apple.
This 100%. Also cross-reference IP addresses associated with the fridge’s IP to get Google/Meta advertising IDs on the whole family.
There’s a non-zero chance that when Grandma comes over, she gets ads just for her as long as she’s there.
Ugh. Everything in this thread is totally feasible and probably reasonably accurate.
I miss the old days when I could love tech, and got excited about new tech. It has gotten so sleazy.
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Advertising must be the worst human invention ever.
All thanks to John Advertising.
We know because that asshole told everyone about it and his services.
It often feels like violence.
really sucks, but like did we not expect this to happen?
we did
There were still many flat surfaces in the world that did not yet have advertisements displayed on them.
Is this something Ray Bradbury wrote?
Maybe OC
Now they have curved and flexible displays, so is any surface safe?
Yeah I actually never expected to have an LCD billboard up inside my home.
Why would you expect this to happen?
Because they did it on every other item they sell with a screen and internet connection.
It’s nitnjustbthatbthey show ads, it’s that they track you and show you ads based on that data.
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.
Edit: l’ll just say I don’t think the question was so dumb it should downvoted to hell.
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.
It’s a Samsung.
Even if it weren’t a samsung, i would always expect a screen to show ads. That’s all they want to do, show ads everywhere as much as they can.
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.
They scammed people for years with their phones.
they tried hard to keep up with apple for years, i would imagine they would try something like this eventually.
by never breaking?
Google sideloading and “fucking ads on a fridge.” Don’t thank me.
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.
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.
Edit: to be clear I never meant it as rude, just a little sarcastic.
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
If you Dont LIKE THIS you’re a TERRORIST!
-Trump’s NPSM-7 which Classifies ANTI CAPITALISM as Terrorism! FREEDOM!
Why on earth would anyone buy this garbage? The only advanced feature I’d like would be a crushed ice dispenser.
This is me.
I just cant imagine wanting a fridge to do anything other than keeping things cold.
My guess is to “digitalize” the sticky notes that people put on fridges. Its ment to be a billboard for the famially unit to itself! Advertizers getting inbetween and editing your note to selfs is gross!
Time to re-read Cory Doctorow’s “Unauthorized Bread”. I thought it was satire and way over the top, but reality keeps catching up.
Wouldn’t be surprised if you popped it open to disconnect the screen, the cooler would stop working.
How long till stuff starts working on mobile game logic?
Next free fridge door unlock:
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⏩ Watch an ad to unlock earlyDon’t forget the premium subscription and NFT.
The sub gives you tokens which is used up every time you open. Use the ice maker? That’s 2 tokens
1L/3$ of water from the fridge. ice will cost you another 1L/3$
Earn tokens by dressing suggestively and dancing for men watching.
Drink a verification can to continue
To access the verification can in your fridge, you could order another 6 pack of verification cans on sale at
$partner© at$current_price + $arbitrary_markup$current_price
$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 water
$11.99 to make water
If you mean the euphemism for urinating, some people would consider that quite the bargain!
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. it will start charging an "overstuff fee, if the vent/ fridge gets clogged with food.
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.
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Your fridge is cooling for 13 more hours watch two ads now to get 4 more hours.
Ew. I’d build an ice box or live out of coolers.
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.
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.
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
Same thing with screen ads in new Jeeps. You bought a Jeep, you deserve pain.
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.
I have a friend who swears by them. Buys one after another of those heaps of junk. I always ask her “how’s your Heep?”
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Because in the 80s they were unstoppable monsters of travel (well late 70s too, I’m talking about the CJ7 here)
They went 0-60 in 9 seconds, sideways!
The Lego of the automotive world, incredibly reliable, fantastic for off-roading, the chassis and shocks placement is what kicked off custom shocks as a thing, etc.
It was the Jeep (that wasn’t a military design) that defined the brand. Which Jeep spent all its time after just ruining.
The steering was definitely very responsive for its time, though I’d personally call it a plus. Especially when it came to offroading, it was a huge benefit to get over hazards.
fantastic for off-roading
Once you replaced the Lil Tikes suspension with actual suspension. Factory setups were always fake off road.
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.
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.
Fuck this
