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Samsung brings ads to US fridges (i.redd.it)
submitted 6 hours ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37646129

Source: Reddit post— Private front-end.

Samsung Statement to Android Authority:

Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market.

As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-network (OTN) software update with Terms of Service (T&C) and Privacy Notice (PN). Advertising will appear on certain Family Hub refrigerator Cover Screens. The Cover Screen appears when a Family Hub screen is idle. Ad design format may change depending on Family Hub personalization options for the Cover Screen, and advertising will not appear when Cover Screen displays Art Mode or picture albums.

Advertisements can be dismissed on the Cover Screens where ads are shown, meaning that specific ads will not appear again during the campaign period.

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[–] tabular@lemmy.world 14 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

"Innovation" used to mean better prices and/or better products. Adding adverts to a product you already own isn't innovation.

[–] tiramichu@sh.itjust.works 6 points 41 minutes ago* (last edited 40 minutes ago)

It is innovation.

Just for the company, not for you.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 7 points 55 minutes ago (1 children)

Don't connect your devices to the Internet if they worked before without the Internet.

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 1 points 9 minutes ago

And pay attention if you are buying one that you don't need to connect it! Let the company know you'll buy a "dumb" fridge to avoid their bullshit.

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 13 points 2 hours ago

Ads are one thing, but how the fuck hasn't Bixby been killed and buried yet???

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 36 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Anyone who fell into the trap of buying a fridge with a screen in it kind of deserves this.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 55 minutes ago

Yeah but imagine how cool stuff could be if companies didn't 100% of the time ruin their inventions

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 25 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I hear what you are saying. But our society is pretty fucked up if you "deserve" something bad because you bought a product without imaging how the manufacturer can make it worse in the future.

The owners should be able to return the product if something like this happens, no matter how long ago they bought it.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

Help! My spy machine is spying on me!

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 27 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

It was bad enough getting ads at the gas pump

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Fast charging stations tend to have the brightest, most gigantic ad video screens. So big that you’re subjected to them merely passing by and not even using the charger. I suspect they’re brighter than the sun because they get cheap subsidized energy to run the ad screens since it’s “for charging green cars” and they’re using a loophole.

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 2 points 17 minutes ago (1 children)

I was talking about the L2 at my house but ok. The largest L3 charging network doesn't even have screens, though it's figurehead is a Nazi.

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

And for the ones that do, you can just go sit in your car. No need to stand there staring at the stupid thing for half an hour.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 112 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Tfw u set up Pihole so ur fridge stops spamming you with ads.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 hours ago

Used to be I would spam my pie hole with junk from the fridge.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

I wonder how much longer that will work. DNS over HTTPS is now a thing and totally defeats the mechanism of a pihole.

[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

VPN running on a WRT router? I know very little about this stuff I just know the buzzwords for street cred.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

Pihole's act as a DNS or "Dynamic Name Server". All internet traffic is IP based once it leaves your home because routers dont know how to forward traffic for "https://samsung-ad-hell.com/", so there is a dedicated kind of packet for "Where is https://samsung-ad-hell.com/ located?" and that is a DNS Lookup. The Pihole pretends to know because it maintains a list of bad urls that host websites that only support privacy exploitation and advertisements and tells them "oh you want to go to 0.0.0.0, that's where you'll find your stuff" as it snickers.

But DNS Lookups were always plain text. When your laptop says "Where is https://big-booties.com/" your ISP knows you want porn. Now there is a new variant called "Secure DNS Lookup" which encrypts the url you're asking about. The ISP knows you're asking for a domain's IP, but it can't know which one and it no longer cares. Neat.

The trouble is that the Pi-Hole can no longer protect us from all the stupid fucking smart devices that want to earn a fraction of a penny per device by spying on us because THEY use the new Secure DNS Lookup.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

It's not a huge issue, you need a DoH resolver now (e.g. your browser which has a secure connection to a secure DNS server) which cannot block from requesting the ad, but can definitely block from displaying it once the domain resolves.

Extra overhead though, agreed

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[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 hours ago

Anyone who bought one of these ridiculous monstrosities and didn't expect ads is an idiot.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 70 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (25 children)

When I was at Home Depot, I absolutely refused to sell Samsung appliances. They’re garbage. They’re expensive garbage, to be more precise.

The average failure rate for a Samsung refrigerator is that around three years. The condensers are garbage. Washer/dryer? Average around five years before they break. I know, because I keep people coming back in to buy replacement appliances for their Samsung garbage.

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 5 hours ago (11 children)

Whenever appliances get brought up I always warn people to stay away from Samsung.

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[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 36 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

call me old-fashioned, but you don't need a fridge with a fucking screen in it.

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[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 37 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

This would already be illegal if we didn't live in corporate dictatorships.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 50 minutes ago

Best I can offer in the US is a spiraling rapid descent into fascism.

[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

I'd be for this if it resulted in a high quality fridge

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 15 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers.

Awesome, you're going to make my life...

As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market.

Worse, because you're just going to squeeze money and time from me

Fuck Samsung

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 15 points 4 hours ago

Should be a free fridge then.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 24 points 5 hours ago (9 children)

when you buy an over-engineered appliance, if i feel like spending extra $$$ for a fridge, i'd rather go for quality steel panels and compressor, not an screen with wifi

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