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Samsung brings ads to US fridges (i.redd.it)
submitted 7 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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[–] xvertigox@lemmy.world 4 points 17 minutes ago

Why the fuck would you buy a smart fridge.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 minutes ago

It's a fucking box that makes things cold. Humanity is cooked if we can't bring ourselves to look away from a screen for all the time it takes to get a slice of cheese out of the fridge

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 hour ago

Just duct tape an iPad to the refrigerator door. It’s cheaper and it works better.

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 28 points 2 hours 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 9 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

It is innovation.

Just for the company, not for you.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 16 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 27 minutes ago

but then how will I watch tiktoks on it!

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 8 points 1 hour 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 19 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 14 minutes ago

It captures them a shitton of data that they very likely sell or use to get advertisers on board.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 43 points 4 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 8 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 minute ago

I literally can't imagine a box that makes things cold being made cooler by having a screen on it

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 40 points 3 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.

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[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 33 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It was bad enough getting ads at the gas pump

[–] lemming741@lemmy.world 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours 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 1 hour 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 1 hour 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 123 points 7 hours ago (6 children)

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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 26 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 6 hours ago (15 children)

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

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Maybe block the DoH endpoint and in theory the device might fall back to normal DNS, dunno if that would work.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 24 minutes ago

and also block outgoing connections to port 53 when it's not the pihole device's allowed IP

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I'm speculating, but it wouldn't change a thing. You would still need to request domain addresses from a server somewhere, but traffic between your device and server would be encrypted in transit. The DNS server would also be verifiable to prevent imitators.

So, the request would go to the PiHole and if it was not being filtered the PiHole would make the request of whatever upstream server is configured same as before.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 minutes ago* (last edited 18 minutes ago)

the difference is that it's very hard to block doh connections because it looks like web/API traffic. and if you don't block it, it will work around your pihole without you noticing. pihole only works if your devices actually use it without evading it, or if you can firce them to do so. doh is not used for connecting to pihole, it does not even support it.

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 73 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (40 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.

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[–] _cryptagion@anarchist.nexus 37 points 6 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 40 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 hours ago

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

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