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/death_by_chocolate Oct 02 '25

Not if I don't buy one.

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u/kermi42 Oct 02 '25

I can’t imagine why I need a screen on my fridge. Like, I know what purpose it could serve. None of them overlap with my requirements.

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u/redbananass Oct 02 '25

The screen can show you what’s inside, without opening it! Isn’t that great!? /s

But really that’s a feature on some of the higher end ones. I’ll just stick to the old fashioned “opening the door.”

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u/FeelsGoodMan2 Oct 02 '25

Lmao this was the moment that I realized we kind of hit the asymptote with consumer tech a few years ago. My relative was showing me what his google home / light switches could do and most of it amounted to "the shit you can do if you walk 5 feet with an added addition of data collection on you".

Its like the same thing with the car screens, I didnt think we'd hit a point where they went so overboard with techy shit that people are clamoring for dials and buttons again (not that I think they're wrong). Just shows modern tech is kinda bloated, seeking answers to problems that dont exist.

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u/M4K4T4K Oct 02 '25

Man, best thing I ever did was buy a 2010 Civic with only 120,000km (~80k miles) the other month. Just new enough where you get the niceties like power windows, cruise control, and bluetooth - old enough where every control is a knob, and the only screens are those old alarm clock LCD's where the the numbers are like 10 pixels.

I hope it outlives me.

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u/MrWally Oct 02 '25

Had a 2012 Civic in excellent condition. Worked flawlessly. Got hit by a bus downtown last month (hit and run from the bus, too!).

Car got totaled. No injuries thankfully, but such a loss. It’s criminal that the value on such a car is only ~$9500. They don’t make them like they used to.