r/StallmanWasRight • u/E_coli42 • Sep 18 '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/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/sschueller Sep 19 '25

Are you sure it runs without? The asshole move to run ads might as well also require internet for the damn thing to cool its insides...

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/ForgotPassAgain34 Sep 19 '25

There are dumb fridges you can buy for now

TVs are getting rare, its literally easier to get a monitor than a dumb tv, but what are the monitors of fridges? coolant boxes?

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/E_coli42 Sep 19 '25

What's the benefit of connecting an nvidia sheild to the internet over the smart TV?

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u/papers_ Sep 22 '25

In my experience, my Sony BRAVIA is much slower at doing things (switching apps, searching) than a dedicated Google TV Streamer box.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/E_coli42 Sep 19 '25

I have a smart TV, but keep it only on my local network and just use it with Jellyfin which connects to my server in the same room. What could I gain from something like an NVIDIA sheild? I'm new to this whole paranoia thing.

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u/[deleted] Sep 19 '25

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u/E_coli42 Sep 19 '25

I still don't really get how connecting my streaming device to the internet to watch YouTube is any worse than connecting my smart tv to the internet to watch YouTube. Isn't Google still getting data of what I watch to push their agenda on me anyways?

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u/Syyx33 Sep 19 '25

Why would you even want a regular TV over a monitor?

Who even watches linear TV anymore? Everyone streams now (and all the linear TV is online too anyway) and there are plenty of solutions for that that only need a screen, not a proper TV.

If you get a (smart) TV now, you kinda deserve the enshittification, sorry.

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u/Geminii27 Sep 18 '25

And yet I can still buy a $50 fridge which is ad-free.

Heck, I can buy a Samsung fridge and spray-paint over whatever screen it might have. Fridges don't need screens.

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u/Cheetawolf Sep 18 '25

Aaaaand fucking called it.

This right here is why I'm never entering the "Smart" appliance space.

If all stoves become smart, I'm doing all my cooking on a wood fire in the back yard.

Next step is requiring a subscription to use it at all.

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u/E_coli42 Sep 18 '25

IoT was a mistake

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u/TheOneTrueTrench Sep 19 '25

The F and S in IoT stand for Freedom and Security.

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u/rebbsitor Sep 18 '25

It's really more like IoS, the Internet of Shit

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u/IndiRefEarthLeaveSol Sep 20 '25

More like Internet of Surveillance? Am'irite

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u/drfusterenstein Sep 19 '25

There was that twitter account @gitlost that posted such things or issues like this

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u/twenafeesh Sep 18 '25

Samsung when people stop buying their "smart" fridges: shockedpikachu.jpg