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Samsung brings ads to US fridges

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This is an inevitable stage for every smart appliance: it will either suddenly stop working because it is discontinued, or it will start serving ads. I would argue it the same will happen with smart glasses, autonomous cars, and other smart device

We need sociologists to analyze the people who would actually consider buying such an appliance and tell the rest of us what makes them tick.

Most of the people I know wouldn't let this depraved tech into their homes. Same goes for gas stations where one is forced to watch ads whilst filling up. Most of the ones around me have been dismantled because people have avoided them in favor of stations that had not installed the tech.

By analyzing such people we can teach kids how not to be manipulated by sleazeball corporations like Samsung.

Not a sociologist but I don’t think this one is a big mystery. Off the top of the head I think of two reasons; people who buy things without research based on how a thing looks — you can bet the “demo” in-store isn’t constantly running ads, which should be false advertising — or because they want the thing in spite of the ads to show off to friends, to brag, because their {insert person} got one, etc.

Humans are just jealous moths who lack self-control.

I can't wait to ditch my Samsung phone for a google pixel with Graphene.

If there are two versions of fridges, one with and one without, the one with better be cheaper. Also expect an uptick in "How do I ..," questions related to removal or bypassing the ads.

They’ve been creating mesh networks to allow their fridges to send surveillance data back to Samsung and customize ads on Samsung TVs for a while.

Their appliances are unreliable, I repairable garbage, and their support is even worse.

Even ads, buying their products is a terrible idea.

> They’ve been creating mesh networks to allow their fridges to send surveillance data back to Samsung and customize ads on Samsung TVs for a while.

I would like to read more about this.

see Amazon's Sidewalk™ (e.g. essentially every Siri, echo, and internet doorbell)

A few larger retails participate in beacon tracking patrons (i.e. tracking their mobile devices' bluetooth/WiFi pings). This requires no active participation/agreement from the users/devices — if you have those services' antennae `ON`, they are constantly `announcing`.

There is even a massive network of crypto currency nodes, which uses geoscarcity to award tokens by relaying LoRa traffic (e.g. Helium [0]). A popular current use of this is for inventory tracking in-transit as well as stolen tool monitoring (e.g. Bosch).

It's not far-fetched that these technologies will continue their un-opt-out-able expansion (e.g. all the roadway vehicle scanners, which track you even if you don't have a license plate visible and don't carry a cell phone).

[0] https://world.helium.com/en/network/iot

Good. One less brand for me to consider when looking for my appliances.

Funny how this is on an ad riddled website

Never buy a Samsung product again.

imagine being OK with your refrigerator giving you ads. ridiculous.

I don’t think there exists a consumer who wants this.

It’ll get bought, hence people “want” it.

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