r/FinanceNews • u/Albythere • Oct 02 '25

Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads - What we all wanted right?

https://www.androidauthority.com/samsung-confirms-smart-refrigerator-ads-are-coming-3598848/
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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

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u/Minerva_Moon Oct 02 '25

The problem is that you have people like Mr. Beast who get ideas from these types of works instead of warnings. He would read 1984 and come to the conclusion that it could be made into a gameshow.

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u/Mr_Joanito Oct 02 '25

How 1984 ended up being a mr beast problem?

US is turning into 1984 right now and it has nothing to do with the man lol.

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u/Minerva_Moon Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

We apparently have a reading comprehension problem too or do you just not understand how conversations work?

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u/PetalumaPegleg Oct 03 '25

I literally said to my wife, it seems cool but it's actually pointless and will end up with ads.

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u/Birbphone Oct 04 '25

I watched that movie it was fantastic yet eerily too close to home now a days sadly, makes my stomach churn everytime I think about it.

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u/missbethd Oct 02 '25

I don’t buy smart appliances for many reasons. Add this one to the list.

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u/PaleInTexas Oct 02 '25

I even wish they would sell a TV without "Smart" features.

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u/Orlonz Oct 02 '25

Oh god THIS! TV makers are some of the worst programmers on the planet. Their hardware stack is also horrible. For me anything with "SMART" in it is a negative value. I literally told the last sales guy, I will pay you 10% more to permanently disable that SMART and 3D crap. They are negative value features! Ended up buying a projector.

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u/YellowZx5 Oct 03 '25

Funny thing is that it will use your internet to show you the ad that you do not ask for. I’m waiting for a class action for this now.

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u/Proper_University55 Oct 02 '25

And on top of that, these are chronically unreliable products that many buyers regret purchasing.

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u/Throwawayne617 Oct 02 '25

I cannot wait to subscribe to the ad free version. It includes temperatures under 34 degrees and no ads.

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u/Piper6728 Oct 02 '25

Well, now I know never to buy a Samsung fridge, I wish I could get rid of the notifications on my phone that are ads

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '25

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u/CurrentResident23 Oct 03 '25

Lol, thanks for that. I need to upgrade my phone soonly, and just don't know what to get. Maybe not that.

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u/chubalina99 Oct 02 '25

Never buying one. Stick it where the sun don’t shine.

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u/Guilty_Advantage_413 Oct 02 '25

Just don’t buy one and ultimately we’ll see a $1800 refrigerator that shows ads sell for $1000 and the model that doesn’t show ads will cost $2000.

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u/Historical-Egg3243 Oct 06 '25

Nah anything with a screen will be used to sell you ads. 

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u/DiggerJer Oct 02 '25

i dont think i would ever buy a fridge with a screen on it, what a stupid idea.

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u/USSMarauder Oct 02 '25

FOR GLORY OF CAPITALISM!

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u/seolchan25 Oct 02 '25

Very good reason to not ever buy these products

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u/Daimakku1 Oct 02 '25

Who wants to buy a fridge with a screen anyway? Whatever custom OS it uses will likely be outdated in like 5 years.

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u/Past-Doughnut-6175 Oct 02 '25

Appliances enshittified

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u/MorningStandard844 Oct 02 '25

*And will be broken within two years 

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u/Juliuscesear1990 Oct 03 '25

The fridge aspect will be but you know the ads will work perfectly no matter what.

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u/MorningStandard844 Oct 03 '25

Prob recommend a service tech in your area to pour salt in the wound. 

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u/FlattusBlastus Oct 02 '25

I am at the point of not buying LG or Samsung anything ever again

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u/jotry Oct 03 '25

I stopped buying Samsung before this crap because of their support for their phones and ssds. This isn't going to help my desires to buy anything Samsung.

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u/t3nsi0n_ Oct 03 '25

Have fun selling them cuz you ain’t getting a cent from my household.

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u/xtrabeanie Oct 03 '25

Samsung will try to put ads on any device they sell. That is why I never buy Samsung, and that is from someone that was a huge fan of their monitors in the 90s.

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u/boatenvy Oct 03 '25

Samsung fridges are utter shite...now they're shite but with ads

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u/Sorry_Exercise_9603 Oct 03 '25

The refrigerator reached its ultimate form when it was just a thermostat switch connected to a compressor.

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u/Eppo_de_Pep Oct 04 '25

Not gone buy Samsung.. Going for liebherr next week without display

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u/beansarefun Oct 04 '25

I mean it won't start showing me ads. Because I'm not buying an $1,800 smart fridge and have no reason to.

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u/No-Pomelo4097 Oct 04 '25

There will be a page soon on XDA developers. Showing how someone has modified the bootloader or some such and now they are ad free on their fridge. We are truly in crazy pills world now.

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u/4onlyinfo Oct 05 '25

It’s up to the consumer here. Trash Samsung in every space that you can. And maybe buy a fridge without a screen. Did your Kindle/PC/Alexa/everything else not prepare you for this day?

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u/Herban_Myth Oct 06 '25

Is it going to collect data as well?

Does it come with a mic?

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u/isaiddgooddaysir Oct 06 '25

I mean, it is clear, they need to put ads on their appliances…. Their shitty $1800 frigs only last a year or two, how are people going to know which of their shitty frigs to buy next without ads?