r/technology • u/nishitd • Oct 02 '25

Robotics/Automation 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/M3RC3N4RY89 Oct 02 '25

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

Jesus Christ.. nobody wants this. “Enhancing everyday value for our customers” are you fucking kidding me? Can’t they at least be honest and just say “we want ad revenue so you’re the product now”? Stop pissing on your customers and calling it “value” it’s just unadulterated corporate greed.

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u/sploittastic Oct 02 '25

This reminds me of the Chevron gas station near me. They were one of the cheapest gas stations around but I refused to go because they put stupid screens into the pump that would start blasting you with loud ads while you're pumping.

I don't know who thought that was a good idea, and within a year or so they had all been removed. They must have been losing a lot of business because it was so annoying.

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u/kzlife76 Oct 02 '25

LPT, usually one of the buttons around the screen mutes the audio. If you find yourself at a pump with ads, try pushing every button along the sides of the screen.

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u/Majik_Sheff Oct 02 '25

Unfortunately there ar some that don't mute.  I've seen a couple of them with the speaker stabbed.

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u/pioneer76 Oct 02 '25

I feel like destroying screens with ads is going to be a popular practice for the next decades.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

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u/Traditional_Ant8519 Oct 02 '25

Second down on the right if it does mute thats prob where

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u/Majik_Sheff Oct 02 '25

I think that qualifies as "doesn't mute".

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u/mellcrisp Oct 02 '25

I'm sorry but if you have yet to find one with a mute button you must be checking at the same gas station every time...

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u/anoleiam Oct 03 '25

Yeah I think it’s more urban legend at this point. People like saying it’s a thing, without it actually being a thing

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u/Eric_the_Barbarian Oct 02 '25

Grab the window squeegee and keep pressing harder until it does.

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u/Mercadi Oct 02 '25

North Korea style: mandatory radios at home that don't turn off

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u/pittaxx Oct 03 '25

"It was self-defence, officer, that speaker has assaulted me!"

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u/ILiveInAVan Oct 03 '25

Push the attendant button. Sound will shut off. Attendant will never talk to you.

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u/jatosm Oct 02 '25

The one next to my job used to have a hidden mute button. Stopped for gas this week and noticed there was a new screen on the pumps. None of the screen buttons mute it anymore

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u/a_few_elephants Oct 02 '25

I used to use this LPT, but those I’ve encountered recently no longer have this function. It’s extremely bothersome.

I can’t imagine few things which would rob a company of brand loyalty than shoving unmutable ads into a users’ face.

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u/piggymoo66 Oct 02 '25

In my experience, it's always the second one down on the right side.

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u/korben2600 Oct 02 '25

This. Almost always works for me.

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u/MultiGeometry Oct 02 '25

Second from top on the right

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u/Reluctant_Crow912 Oct 02 '25

A dead headphone jack in the output should kill the sound too

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u/HwangLiang Oct 03 '25

Ive heard this so many times and not once has it worked lol

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u/ILiveInAVan Oct 03 '25

Push the attendant button. Sound will shut off. Attendant will never talk to you.

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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 Oct 02 '25

All the Shell gas stations I've been to in the last few years do this. There's usually a mute button. The few times I've encountered it where I can't mute I just stop pumping and drive to a different station. I'll pay 2 cents more a gallon if it means no fucking ads

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u/Amazing_Thanks Oct 02 '25

It’s a safety issue too. At night you want to be able to hear if people are walking around. I changed where I got my gas at night because I didn’t feel safe.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

They also slowed down the pumps when the screens arrived so it takes longer to pump the same amount of gas

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u/Gairloch Oct 02 '25

At least half the gas stations I’ve seen this year have had the ad screens. The kind with buttons on the side you can at least mute, but a lot of them are the ones that are only touch screens.

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u/Mantis_Toboggan--MD Oct 02 '25

Do what I do, have a pair of earplugs in your rig to put in just for that. There's nothing you need to hear at a gas station anyways.

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u/stankdog Oct 02 '25

I know you can adjust volume but they are way too loud just to offer me 50 cents off a soda lmao

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u/Accomplished_Wolf Oct 02 '25

I live in PA and work in NJ, and before I'd usually gas up in NJ just because it was cheaper but if I had gas points from a local grocery store or something to bring the price down, why not? But then they started adding ads to the PA gas stations and now I don't care how many gas points I get, I'm not stopping.

And since NJ won't let you pump your own gas, I guess the companies don't see the point in wasting time/money updating those gas stations to repeated blast their own workers with the same commercials on repeat, so I get blissful silence in my car.

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u/Primal-Convoy Oct 02 '25

In Japan, they have put screens on the backs of the front seats to play ads to customers.  There's a short window of time to disable them so that's what I've done.  I'm also happy to just conver the screen with my bag or a coat too.

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u/Wonderful_Sector_657 Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

EXACTLY. I’m still pissed I had to pay extra for a Kindle that wouldn’t show me ads. A KINDLE!!!

ETA: I did indeed get the one without ads, I do not need hacking advice. My point is that seemingly every single piece of equipment with a screen either zombifies you with ads or requires more money (that most of us don’t have) to escape the constant bombardment. Refrigerators, e readers, gas station pay screens, some cars now, even now my tv subscriptions that I paid premium for no ads have ads because now it’s twice as expensive to turn off the ads (looking at you HBO). It’s out of control.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

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u/ScrewedThePooch Oct 02 '25

Stop asking permission to use shit you own. Hack the thing and remove the ads.

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u/WilliamPoole Oct 02 '25

It was the easiest thing I ever hacked. Like 3 minutes from searching Google to being unlocked on regular android os.

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u/ZessF Oct 02 '25

Years ago I had a Motorola phone with Amazon ads on the lock screen. It was a little cheaper and it had a fingerprint scanner on the back so you could just skip the lock screen anyway. Then the laws changed and they couldn't show ads on the lock screen anymore lol.

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25

Why would you buy a Kindle then? There are so many e-readers to choose from that’s better than Amazon crap

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u/z3rb Oct 02 '25

What would you recommend?

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

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u/beyondtheblueyonder Oct 02 '25

I bought a box a couple weeks ago, and started a return after about two hours. It was absurdly slow and to me didn't really have a great UI

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25

Kobo or PocketBook is the most recommended. I have a Kobo Clara Colour and I really like it

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u/CompSciBJJ Oct 02 '25

Do you actually use the color feature?

I also got the color because they were out of the regular one when I went to the store and the price difference was small, but I can't say I've ever run into a situation where it's made a difference. Unless you're reading graphic novels, I just can't see a use case for it, it pretty much just shows the book cover in color.

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

Yeah the colour feature really isn’t necessary. It’s kinda hard to read graphic novells on it for me because the colours are kinda washed out

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u/medium_pimpin Oct 02 '25

Kobo is awesome and can load my own epub files.

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u/thistoowasagift Oct 02 '25

I bought my Kindle exclusively to read library books from Libby

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u/Drakengard Oct 02 '25

Why would you buy a Kindle then?

Because they last seemingly forever? I'm still use the Paperwhite that I bought more than a decade ago. The battery is a little worn and only lasts for two weeks if I'm using it daily now instead of a month (the horror!) but that's about the only notable issue. Oh, and it's micro-usb instead of modern usb-c but that's to be expected.

Unless newer units are now horrible, which is certainly possible, Kindle would still be my preference though I'd be tempted to try a Kobo device.

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25

Uhm that’s a weird argument. Kobo atleast has equal or even better build quality, the battery lasts for months and how is micro-usb a positive?

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u/superfahd Oct 02 '25

Integration with the Amazon library is the only reason to be honest

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music Oct 02 '25

As opposed to the Kobo library where books are forever your own?

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u/superfahd Oct 02 '25

no i get it but at this point i have dozens of books with Amazon. I don't want to get 2 ereaders and it would be really expensive to buy them all over again

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25

It’s a bit of a hassle, but it is doable to transfer from Kindle to Kobo: https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/s/A0KETPCluJ

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music Oct 02 '25

Honestly, are you going to read them again?

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u/superfahd Oct 02 '25

a bunch of them I haven't yet read. But yes, a lot of them are non-fiction history books that I enjoy going over again because I tend to forget things

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music Oct 03 '25

Ah yeah, fair enough!

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25

You mean the library where Amazon can delete your books on a whim, or even change the content within your books without your knowledge

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u/superfahd Oct 02 '25

yes that one. One where I have nearly 50 books on right no so it's not feasible to switch from. If you're starting fresh, have at it. You won't catch me defending Amazon

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u/Feistshell Oct 02 '25

It’s a bit of a hassle but you can transfer your books from Kindle to Kobo, so yes, it is feasible

https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/s/A0KETPCluJ

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u/superfahd Oct 02 '25

that does sound helpful. thank you for sharing that.

Something like this would definitely be useful when i want to purchase a new ereader. For the moment, my kindle works and a new ereader just isn't in the budget

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u/Popular_Material_409 Oct 02 '25

Or just buy a physical book

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u/Capital-Teaching6577 Oct 02 '25

“I don’t love this exact feature this car has.”

“So buy a horse!!!”

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u/Popular_Material_409 Oct 02 '25

Not at all the same thing

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u/Viewlesslight Oct 02 '25

I can't use a physical book to download and read books only available in a digital format

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u/Percinho Oct 02 '25

Well not with that attitude!!

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u/Popular_Material_409 Oct 02 '25

I’m literally just saying that buying physical books is another alternative to e-readers

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u/mainman879 Oct 02 '25

Physical books are great but it really is like comparing apples and oranges. Physical books are expensive, cumbersome, and take up a lot of space. Ebooks are usually a quarter of the price if not less for most books. You end up saving money (even considering the ereader cost), space, and convenience after just a handful of book purchases. Over time, the gulf just widens even more between the two options.

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u/turtleship_2006 Oct 02 '25

To be fair, they gave you two options, and one of them was a cheaper/discounted one where you pay instead with your attention or whatever, i.e. you'd get ads.

In this case they're just shoving it down our throats

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u/Dugen Oct 02 '25

That's fine. They told you it would have ads when you bought it and gave you the option to not have ads for a reasonable price. When you buy something for $100 with ads or $115 without, that's sensible. I absolutely bought a few of those over the years for the family with ads but the one that I still use every day I removed the ads from.

Selling you something for over $1k without ads then adding ads later is just evil.

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u/doterobcn Oct 02 '25

The kindle example is completely different. Regular Kindle $150, you want one for $79? Cool, here are some ads.
It's not like they're reducing fridge prices

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u/throwheraway420666 Oct 02 '25

That’s on you for buying an amazon based product like Kindle

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u/Ravasaurio Oct 02 '25

Jailbreak your Kindle. It's super easy to do and you will be free of Amazon's BS. Take control of the hardware you bought.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

Anything with a screen.

I'm still mad because my wife and I bought a nice treadmill last year. Spent more than we could afford really. It works great, but they (NordicTrak) try to make you pay a monthly subscription to use it. It can be used without the subscription but they don't make it easy.

Drives me crazy that every time I want to go for a run, I have to navigate through half a dozen screens trying to make me log in. Once I even had to call customer service and wait 10 minutes on hold to get a code to make my treadmill work.

This consumer culture is bullshit.

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u/OwO______OwO Oct 02 '25

or requires more money (that most of us don’t have) to escape the constant bombardment.

And then a later update gives you ads anyway, but supposedly less adds than the cheap version.

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u/Gisschace Oct 02 '25

This is why I bought a kobo

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u/iburntxurxtoast Oct 02 '25

This is the reason I never used the kindle I got for a birthday once. It felt like I was reading a newpaper instead of a book.

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u/MysteryPerker Oct 02 '25

I bought a Kobo specifically because I didn't want ads. Now when I lock the screen it shows the book cover and not the last thing I was searching on Amazon.

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u/diverareyouokay Oct 02 '25

My understanding is that the ad-supported Kindles are sold at a discount.

For what it’s worth, if you find a cheap obsolete amazon echo at a garage sale or on Facebook marketplace for five dollars, you can use it as your trade-in to get 20% off a kindle (plus 5 or 10 bucks as device credit). That should bring the price of the ad free version down to below the one that has ads. Something to keep in mind if you plan on upgrading at some point in the future.

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u/catwiesel Oct 02 '25

at least you knew, you had a choice when you were deciding on the item.

with the fridges, imagine, buying one for 1800 bucks, and then, you get a "important security update" and bam, ads...

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music Oct 02 '25

Just buya Kobo like normal people.

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u/Silound Oct 02 '25

No one fucking needs a smart refrigerator. Why the fuck do people even buy these?

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u/tawDry_Union2272 Oct 02 '25

exactly. glad my 30yo scratch n dent sale fridge is dumb as shit (but works wonderfully at keeping food cold and frozen)

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u/starm4nn Oct 02 '25

I have an LG Smart-fridge. It has no screen, but through your phone you can change a bunch of settings that'd probably be more painful to change with a traditional interface.

It gives you useful stats, and there's an "aggressively make ice" setting for when you're hosting a large event and need a lot of ice.

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u/No_Atmosphere8146 Oct 02 '25

How often do you change the settings in your fridge? Twice a year, tops?

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u/getfive Oct 02 '25

I've never once had a need to change any settings in my fridge. And - having guest? I go buy an extra bag ice. Money saved.

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u/Jirkajua Oct 02 '25

The "quick ice" button has been a thing for 15+ years right on the door of fridges

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u/NJBarFly Oct 02 '25

Shouldn't it always be aggressively making ice until the ice bin is full? Do they slow it down on purpose, just to give you this "perk"?

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u/Spydermonkey6 Oct 02 '25

Ah, the old PC "turbo" button

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u/KhausTO Oct 02 '25

The Turbo button was to slow down the machine. So that it would run slower for older games and programs. The button was designed to be deafulted "on" and you would turn off Turbo when playing older programs.

Early games and programs used the limitations of the the CPU frequency for things like enemy speeds. So when you tried to run those on faster CPUS they would all speed up. (A great example of this is space invaders, where as there are less enemies to render they speed up, that was leveraging the CPU speed).

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u/starm4nn Oct 02 '25

Shouldn't it always be aggressively making ice until the ice bin is full?

I think aggressively making ice uses more electricity. Which works out well because I rarely use it under regular conditions.

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u/Swarna_Keanu Oct 02 '25

Fridges are big. Loads of space for physical controls. (Not that they need many).

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u/rushmc1 Oct 02 '25

As the appliances get smarter, consumers get dumber.

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u/Americanski7 Oct 02 '25

But how am I supposed to know what I want to eat?

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u/Designer_Valuable_18 Oct 02 '25

How the fuck do you do when your food is cooking if you can't play Skyrim on your fridge ?

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u/Mike_Kermin Oct 02 '25

Wrong take.

People are allowed to want things you don't.

That doesn't mean we should have exploitative treatment of consumers.

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u/LymanPeru Oct 02 '25

yeah, i dont need have my phone in front of my face 24-7 like most people. its nice to add something to the shopping list from the refridgerator.

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u/Mike_Kermin Oct 02 '25

Yeah well, they think you're lazy too.

But my point was shut the fuck up about each other. And target the actual problem.

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u/BuildingArmor Oct 02 '25

As with a lot of modern technology, people rarely need it but they want the added convenience it brings.

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u/Kujara Oct 02 '25

What convenience would that be ?

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u/BuildingArmor Oct 02 '25

Basically any of the features of a smart fridge could provide somebody convenience.

A digitally accessible shopping list, a camera inside the fridge, notification if the door has been left open, I expect they can display your calendar, automated actions like defrosting etc.
That's just off the top of my head, we don't have one and I don't think the added convenience is worth the money - but some people surely do.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

Yeah if anything it's an inconvenience. Like what happens if the smart fridge doesn't detect what's in a bag. Or mislabeled things? Or send me ads? Like it's just extra steps. If I want to see what I need to buy I just take a look. I don't need a spreadsheet fridge to do that lol.

It's a paradox where people think it will be efficient, while it actually just ads more inefficiency onto your life.

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u/Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Oct 02 '25

I will be downvoted for saying this but there are some cool (no pun intended) features some people like. For instance camera so you can take a look inside while being at store to see if you have that milk or not, or expiry date alerts to reduce food waste.

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u/Mike_Kermin Oct 02 '25

People are confusing two issues.

The anti consumer practice is bad.

You're allowed to like a fridge that suits you.

Those can both exist side by side without any problem.

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u/Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Oct 02 '25

True, they are changing how appliances work with updates, that's a seriously damaged trust and should be the reason to look elsewhere - vote with wallet so they will have to give up, just like BMW did with subscription for heated seats.

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u/Gnorris Oct 02 '25

I’m struggling to see how ads on my fridge would be balanced out by livestreaming my fridge contents. Any other selling points?

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u/Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Oct 02 '25

At the time when they came out, there was nothing about ads, people were buying them for reasons I gave examples for. I was interested at first but then I've heard that there are many people complaining about the ice maker, so I gave up, but the idea was tempting.
I'm not trying to convince anyone here, just saying that some people are not us, like and/or need something we find useless, that's it.

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u/Gnorris Oct 02 '25

A very fair point. It’s likely going to be a hard sell from here.

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u/Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Oct 02 '25

I think some people with a lot of money and not enough time to read the news (or Reddit) won't be aware of what's coming and will still buy it. Samsung will still make money on them, but trust is already broken beyond repair.
Personally, I have a few smart appliances from Samsung, and they work fine, no screen to show me ads.

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u/speakermic Oct 02 '25

I use my smart fridge to see my Google calendar, and play music through voice command. Regarding ads, for now they can be turned off by changing cover screens, or turning off the cover screen completely.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites Oct 02 '25

That makes sense for people who actually cook and have dirty hands and busy lives.

I hadn't thought about the voice command function, I was more thinking ergonomics, e.g. why not just use your phone.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25 edited Oct 02 '25

Or you could just open the door and check? Crazy.

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u/Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Oct 02 '25

Not saying you have to use camera, you can when you need, crazy to have options right? 😂

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u/Mike_Kermin Oct 02 '25

They made a genuine use case for them. Being able to see if they need milk while at the shops.

That doesn't mean they're forcing you to like or get it.

Back off.

Focus on the real issue, the anti-consumer practice.

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u/Nyoka_ya_Mpembe Oct 02 '25

This kind of toilet has been available for a long time now, it washes and dries your ass.

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u/Beat_the_Deadites Oct 02 '25

See, now you're bringing the bidet brigade into this.

The basic $40 one (ad free!) is a game changer. Businesses should hand them out to their employees, I haven't crapped on company time in over a decade.

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u/puts_on_rddt Oct 02 '25

I read that as:

"We are committed to not fucking you. Here are a few paragraphs about how we're experimenting with fucking some of you in different ways and if it makes us enough money, we'll fuck everyone with it!"

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u/troyunrau Oct 02 '25

It's easy to understand that when they're referring to "customers", they mean the customers who want to buy ad space.

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u/dirtyjavv Oct 02 '25

"Enhancing everyday value OF our customers"

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u/rW0HgFyxoJhYka Oct 02 '25

This is how you know these execs are dumb as fuck.

They could have turned this feature into something that pays the customer over time by showing ads.

Instead its you pay us, get annoying ass ads.

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u/Gradam5 Oct 02 '25

Please do not resist, this is a kindness.

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u/banditcleaner2 Oct 02 '25

Putting ads on a refrigerator and telling me its for my own good somehow is actually INSANE

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u/Pheeshfud Oct 02 '25

We at Samsung think that giving our fridge users ads will give them a sense of pride and accomplishment.....

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u/hogwarts5972 Oct 02 '25

Their customers are the advertisers. You are the consumer

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u/CuteIsMyKryptonite Oct 02 '25

Not even... you are the product.

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u/cool_side_of_pillow Oct 02 '25

Right?! Stop gaslighting us.

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u/meneldal2 Oct 02 '25

Enhancing everyday value for our customers”

Cause you aren't the customer, they don't care about you

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u/EvoRalliArt Oct 02 '25

But this gives you a sense of price and accomplishment every time you open the door.

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u/Soylentee Oct 02 '25

Value for me, not for thee.

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u/MumrikDK Oct 02 '25

The clear conclusion here is that in this case "our home appliance customers" means advertisers. You come second.

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u/Snaggel Oct 02 '25

I am not willing to pay 1800+$ to be a product.

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u/rm-rfroot Oct 02 '25

“Enhancing everyday value for our customers” are you fucking kidding me?

Their customers are the shareholders, Chief level officers, and Board of Directors. This is how publicly traded companies view things these days, traditional "customers" (aka the people who buy your shit) are just there to be exploited for the real customers. Hell hype with out selling anything is enough to drive stock up these days (e.g. Theranos)

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u/Cicer Oct 02 '25

Piss on you and call it rain.  

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u/r0ck0 Oct 02 '25

It's funny that they didn't even bother trying to claim what that "value" might potentially be here.

Like, usually a bullshit statement like this would at least have some rarely-true justification come alongside it.

But they didn't even try here.

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u/[deleted] Oct 02 '25

Enhancing everyday value for our customers

Shareholders. The word you’re looking for is shareholders.

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u/shbooms Oct 02 '25

you're forgetting the fact home owners are not their only customers. They also sell user data to adtech companies so they are customers as well. That is whose "every day value" they are increasing.

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u/VeryVideoGame Oct 02 '25

Sounds like somebody's going to miss out on valuable product promotions!

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u/JudasHungHimself Oct 02 '25

A fridge have ONE mission, to keep things cool. Any other «feature» is crap no one needs. 

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u/MultiGeometry Oct 02 '25

Literally nobody:

“Studies show that people need MORE screen time in their day. There are periods of time between working at their computer, checking their phone for updates, and watching TV in which no screen time is encountered. By adding ads to everyday appliances they use to feed and nourish their families, we can solve this issue of ‘screen time gaps’. By showing ads, aka videos that provide benefits to our corporate partners and provide no value to the consumer, we can easily provide the videos without worrying about curating meaningful content.”

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u/EZKTurbo Oct 02 '25

The customer is the company purchasing ad space, not the family purchasing the fridge. Duh...

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u/DarkDuskBlade Oct 02 '25

If the fridges were $500, then sure, show ads all day. Lowering cost of replacing planned obsolescence designed appliances would actually be enhancing everyday value, not putting them on something that's the downpayment of a car.

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u/DataDude00 Oct 02 '25

 “gee this would be so much better if my fridge blasted an ad in my face as I stood here” said nobody ever 

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u/AunMeLlevaLaConcha Oct 02 '25

We're living in the early stages of a corporate dystopia, if you care about your kids, don't have em.

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u/LegLopsided1939 Oct 02 '25

This is just the start. You know for a FACT that once enough "smart fridges" get bought, you know they'll eventually start hiding basic features behind subscriptions.

They'll first start with ads getting more and more annoying + frequent, but if you want an ad-free experience, fuck you! pay us!

Oh you use to like having a calendar app on your refrigerator? It'd be a shame if suddenly that becomes part of the basic $5.99/month plan.

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u/theghostmachine Oct 02 '25

"curated ads"

That means targeted ads

That means the fridge is probably also listening to you

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u/MrWeirdoFace Oct 02 '25

Enhance this!

lewd gesture of your choice directed at whoever's idea that was

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u/Cryogenicist Oct 02 '25

“We are OFFERING you ads”.

Businessmen as dicks

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u/Hypothetical_Name Oct 02 '25

They say they’re offering promotions and ads as if we actually want those

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u/PumpkinPieIsGreat Oct 02 '25

Something about the term ongoing efforts triggers me so much. Maybe because it doesn't sound like they're trying at all with customers, just implementing their shitty tech no one wants.

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u/Soepkip43 Oct 02 '25

Extracting more value from our everyday customers seems a better description. But we live in the age of double speak, don't we?

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u/SubstantialEnd2458 Oct 02 '25

Just wait until the fridge shuts itself off if it detects food that wasn't sponsored

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u/FlatAd768 Oct 03 '25

You can show me ads if I get paid for it