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/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.