cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37646129
Source: Reddit post— Private front-end.
Samsung Statement to Android Authority:
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 in the U.S. market.
As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-network (OTN) software update with Terms of Service (T&C) and Privacy Notice (PN). Advertising will appear on certain Family Hub refrigerator Cover Screens. The Cover Screen appears when a Family Hub screen is idle. Ad design format may change depending on Family Hub personalization options for the Cover Screen, and advertising will not appear when Cover Screen displays Art Mode or picture albums.
Advertisements can be dismissed on the Cover Screens where ads are shown, meaning that specific ads will not appear again during the campaign period.
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We really need a law that says any device you own cannot show you ads and any “recommendations” or promotions stuff from the company itself must be one setting to disable. And it cannot be tied to maintaining an active subscription or anything else they may think up.
If you pay money for a device, in itself it can’t show you ads. Services and apps you install, may.
Call me old fashioned, but there are several things I’ll never accept being “smart” and having Wi-Fi, including:
Home appliances, cars, monitors, note taking apparatus, furniture, beverage dispensing mechanisms, cleaning gadgets, pet gadgets, children toys, adult toys, bags, wallets, access keys, plants, birds.
We we considering a samsung fridge among our options when we needed one a few months ago. Ended up going with a brand with higher reliability ratings (for reference, that’s most other brands, according to consumer reports anyway). But man, don’t I regret it now. I could have paid for the privilege of having ads playing in my kitchen at all times (at least until the fridge broke), what a missed opportunity.
where do you find reliability ratings for your appliances? sounds really useful when shopping for one!
Consumer Reports. You do need a subscription, but they tabulate a lot of service and warranty info, do a lot of surveys, and do in house testing. If you’re buying a large appliance I’d say it’s worth it. They do other stuff too.
as someone who has worked in technology for the last few decades; it’s a wierd feeling to reject the most modern of technologies because of how they’re wielded and the implicationt that they carry with them.
I have been telling my wife since we got married that we will not be buying Samsung appliances. I’ll pay twice as much for anything else.
When we went to buy a new washer and dryer the sales guy really hyped up the wifi connectivity and all the extra features you get with a Samsung washer. The point that I will only ever be near my washer and dryer when I need to use it seemed to fly so far over his head her couldn’t see it with the naked eye.
At no point in the last 5 years with these appliances have either I, or my wife, even thought about the washer while we weren’t literally standing in front of it. Let alone needed it to have an Internet connection.
Plus, Samsung ain’t even cheaper. Samsung is consistently one of the more expensive options for fridges, tvs, microwaves, washing machines, etc. and whenever they have a reasonable price it turns out it’s the shittiest product you’ve ever used.
- Update (now)
- Later
- “No” option missing
Samsung not understanding consent - if they can’t say “no” that doesn’t make it okay.
If you don’t like us changing the terms AFTER the sale then stop using “your” fridge.
No you may not remove it, that’s a DMCA violation!
At least it enhances every day value for the customer!
Ugh.
Yay capitalism!
Next up, fridge subscriptions. Sorry, but you need a pro subscription to cool more than 10 products!
We looked inside your fridge and discovered you’re cooling breast milk. Children’s products require a Samsung Family subscription, try it at a discount for 9 days, renews for 150USD yearly.
“Sorry, setting your oven to 200C requires Pro Mode Subscription. If you also want fast start, upgrade to our Premium Tier. Anyway, here’s a 2 minute ad before we heat your food.”
I think that’s covered by the water filter mechanism.
Samsung puts ads in all their stuff. Dont buy a samsung product with a screen outside of their phones
*Including their phones
*Ironically not including their ‘signage displays’ (ie. displays that are for displaying… advertising)
House I purchased came with one of these fridges. Can confirm that this update came through yesterday for ne. The screensaver pushes an ad for news articles and not sure how to remove that yet.
Don’t really want articles about Charlie Kirks assassination on screen while my kids make their breakfast. My kids are mad they got rid of the daily trivia app.
One of today’s breakfast news articles:
Time to post my favorite Silicon Valley clip
Smart fridge
Why!?
