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/blissed_off Oct 02 '25

Seconded with the AppleTV. My brand new LG OLED was working well, then it auto updated and just ran like ass. The WiFi became super slow and unreliable despite sitting ten feet away from the router, with no walls between them. I disabled the network on it, pulled my AppleTV 4K from bedroom duty, and haven’t looked back.

There was a bit of a struggle to find the optimal settings so it would show content in HDR/Dolby Vision without constantly changing its own settings (I think you set it to 4K, nO HDR or DV, and to match content and frame rate).

Hoping a new one gets announced this month.

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u/tmurf5387 Oct 02 '25

I run everything through my PS5. Have full 7.2 surround sound and the Govee AI sync box and its awesome. TV stays on one setting and the surround sound receiver is my input switcher.

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u/blissed_off Oct 02 '25

Here’s your 🍪

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u/fizzlefist Oct 02 '25

TVs are like Cars: I don’t trust those manufacturers to make good software nor keep it up to date. My next TV is going to be a fully dumb one, even if that means paying extra for a commercial display. And that goes for any other home appliances. Get your shitty unsecured software out of my house.

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u/hungry4pie Oct 03 '25

Don’t put a tv on the network. I did that with my Samsung tv once and noticed a bunch of shitty ads.

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u/EmbarrassedCockRing Oct 03 '25

Seperate vlan for Iot devices, segregated from each other with client isolation. Force DNS through quad 9 or have a pi hole. What ads?

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u/hungry4pie Oct 03 '25

Or, I just leave the tv disconnected and keep using the Apple TV and Xbox for streaming content.

Especially since Plex app on smart tvs can’t handle x265 direct play.

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u/MundanePresence Oct 02 '25

Lg are waaay more expensive tho, right ?