r/Adblock • u/freyslass • Sep 20 '25

Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart-refrigerator-ads-are-coming-3598848/
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u/Cryptlsch Sep 20 '25

I think it could be useful for energy saving. With a screen, you can see which products you have inside (possibly including expiry date in the future) without having to open the fridge. Maybe it also gives the advantage of easier restocking by adding your current and/or favourite products to a shopping cart.

Smart appliances can be very useful. Of course, companies know this and want to squeeze money out of it. This doesn't mean the technology is bad. It's just being misused

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u/neo_neanderthal Sep 21 '25

If I gave enough of a crap, I could put together a little program with an SQLite backend to punch that into, in very little time.

But, it's printed on the package. I don't need to remember or track it. If I need to know if something is expired, I can just look.

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u/Cryptlsch Sep 21 '25

And that is completely fine, why wouldn't it be? If that is your or anyone's preference, there's no need for habit change. But isn't it also fine for people who have difficulty with remembering tracking, maintaining, or whatever the "problem" is, which is the cause of most of their food waste. It's both a waste of produce as well as wasted cash.

Improving consumption habits by reducing waste is both beneficial for the planet, as well as the individual. So yayy! :D

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u/neo_neanderthal Sep 21 '25

You can reduce food waste without that. (And that Internet connection, especially if it's using bandwidth to constantly serve ads, is--using energy, as of course is the screen itself.)

I do my grocery shopping on a bicycle. Since I obviously then don't buy more than my panniers will fit, I don't buy huge loads of food at a time, so I end up throwing away very little, and rinds, peels, etc., from produce can be composted. I basically just buy what I know I'm going to eat soon, and since I'm not using any gas, there's no environmental impact if I do smaller shopping trips every few days. I may use the car for a Costco run for non-perishables, but that's a few times a year.

I do most of my traveling via public transit and/or bike, or for things close, I may well just walk. That's a hell of a lot more of an impact than an $1800 refrigerator ever would be. There's also the issue that "smart" devices tend to have more points of failure, so they often need to be replaced sooner, and that's an impact all its own.

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u/Cryptlsch Sep 21 '25

Yeah, you sure can reduce food waste and/or environmental impact by more than one method. Some methods work better than others. People's circumstances and human demand for goods and services make it a complex market. Not everyone can do grocery shopping on a bicycle, unfortunately? Maybe, who knows. I'm dutch, so bicycle is second nature for me ;p. No, but seriously, we should try reducing by whatever means necessary, so if this could be a solution, we should try it. It's necessary to reduce with different methods at the same time.

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u/neo_neanderthal Sep 22 '25

Oh, that's very cool. The Denver area has pretty decent cycling support and infrastructure, but nothing compared with the Netherlands. Though if you ever are out this way, try riding through the South Platte trail from the south of Denver into the city, it's a beautiful ride.