Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.

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    2 months ago

    No, I won’t because I’m not stupid enough to buy an Internet connected ad machine refrigerator.

    • ByteOnBikes@discuss.online
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      2 months ago

      I wonder if it’ll be like TVs, which are cheap as fuck for a really nice TV, but equipped with garbage like Alexa and Amazon fire.

      Right now, you can buy a $200 “smart” TV, or a $1800 “dumb” TV. I wonder if fridges and other appliances will go in that direction.

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        2 months ago

        Even the $3000 Samsung TVs have ads if you connect them to the Internet. Noone is safe

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        I mean if it doesn’t make sound I’ll get the cheap “smart” fridge and just cover up the screen, if it’s a high quality fridge besides the screen, no problem.

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        2 months ago

        Literally the only reason my LG TV is hooked up to the wifi is so I can show my wife stuff from my Android phone. For everything else we have an Apple TV.

        I can’t see any good reason to allow a fridge access to the internet.