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Samsung brings ads to US fridges (i.redd.it)

submitted 9 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 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Why the fuck would you buy a smart fridge.

[–] glitch1985@lemmy.world 1 points 5 minutes ago

How else are you going to look at Facebook while you drink milk out of the carton if you forgot your phone in the living room?

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 hour 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

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 1 points 53 minutes ago

Good. If your fridge is connected to the internet you deserve to be served ads.

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 36 minutes ago

Even cheaper to tape up a piece of paper that says "GO BUY SOME USELESS BULLSHIT".

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 33 points 4 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 14 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

It is innovation.

Just for the company, not for you.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 21 points 4 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 2 hours ago

but then how will I watch tiktoks on it!

[–] Chip_Rat@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours 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.

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 47 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] kevincox@lemmy.ml 45 points 5 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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[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] Perspectivist@feddit.uk 2 points 48 minutes ago (2 children)

I don't disagree but what's also true is that some products are already as good as they can get and no longer need innovation. I know this is a bold claim but I'd argue that my dumb fridge without screen or internet connection keeps my food just as cool as the latest smart fridge.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 13 minutes ago

I'm a big fan of "make it actually better or leave it the fuck alone"

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 2 points 33 minutes ago* (last edited 32 minutes ago) (1 children)

some products are already as good as they can get and no longer need innovation

I just saw a poster for a sort-of cool fridge innovation: It has a door-in-the-door that you can open to get out commonly used things without having to open the main door and let all the cold air out. It's called a "Conservadoor" refrigerator.

The kicker is that I saw this on Antiques Roadshow and it's from the 1950s.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 minutes ago

I don't know why, but I remember seeing that somewhere, too. Fantastic idea. Ergonomic AND energy efficient. Though, I feel like adding in a mini door somewhat lowers the insulative abilities of the main door, so I'm not sure of the trade-off.

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

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

[–] qevlarr@lemmy.world 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

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

[–] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 35 points 6 hours ago (4 children)

It was bad enough getting ads at the gas pump

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[–] PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca 130 points 8 hours ago (6 children)

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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 30 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 59 points 8 hours ago (16 children)

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

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours 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 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour 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.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 3 hours 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 2 points 1 hour ago

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

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[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 78 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 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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