• donalonzo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    10 hours ago

    Technology could be so awesome, and this is what they do.

    I love technology. This is complete policy failure. Big Tech must be annihilated.

  • BluesF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    13 hours ago

    Samsung smart fridge disable ads

    Turn off ads smart fridge

    Jailbreak samsung smart fridge

    Open source smart fridge software

    Fridges for sale near me

  • matsdis@piefed.socialEnglish
    6·
    11 hours ago

    Time to re-read Cory Doctorow’s “Unauthorized Bread”. I thought it was satire and way over the top, but reality keeps catching up.

  • percent@infosec.pubEnglish
    20·
    15 hours ago

    Well yeah, it’s a fridge with a spacious screen and an Internet connection in the 2020s. Of course they’d capitalize on all that advertising real-estate. And of course they’d wait until after people have had them for a while. They’re unsurprisingly shameless.

    I’d be curious to know what kind of data it’s collecting to optimize those ads.

    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      10·
      15 hours ago

      Using some of the wifi connection tricks companies have, it can probably associate the device with all the devices your family has and the corresponding data

      • ReginaPhalange@lemmy.worldEnglish
        14·
        15 hours ago

        I imagine it goes like this:

        1. Fridge gather nearby SSIDs
        2. Samsung partners with Google/Meta
        3. Cross reference SSIDs with the ones being collected from Android devices/Meta apps
        4. Get advertising IDs from devices likely in this house
        5. Profit

        Or, and much much cheaper:

        1. To continue configuring this fridge please install this app via play/apple.
        • GreenShimada@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          15 hours ago

          This 100%. Also cross-reference IP addresses associated with the fridge’s IP to get Google/Meta advertising IDs on the whole family.

          There’s a non-zero chance that when Grandma comes over, she gets ads just for her as long as she’s there.

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    15·
    16 hours ago

    If you Dont LIKE THIS you’re a TERRORIST!

    -Trump’s NPSM-7 which Classifies ANTI CAPITALISM as Terrorism! FREEDOM!

  • 403@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    20 hours ago

    Why on earth would anyone buy this garbage? The only advanced feature I’d like would be a crushed ice dispenser.

    • Hello Hotel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      My guess is to “digitalize” the sticky notes that people put on fridges. Its ment to be a billboard for the famially unit to itself! Advertizers getting inbetween and editing your note to selfs is gross!

  • PearOfJudes@lemmy.mlEnglish
    5·
    16 hours ago

    People need to start using technology to improve their life and society. Stop using Windows, Google, Apple, download an adblocker, and don’t buy into tech consumerism like “smart fridges.” All I would want to know in a fridge that would be “smart” is like the temperature? and I wouldn’t sacrifice my time or attention by buying something which forces ads.

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    22 hours ago

    This was always the goal when they started adding screens. Screens should always be viewed as ad delivery mechanisms especially if internet connected. That goes triple for devices that absolutely don’t need a screen. Like a fucking fridge. They will slow boil the process at first. But they’ll do it.

  • NoodlePoint@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    20 hours ago

    It’s kinda coincidental to have all three conglomerates in that picture: Sony producing that TV show, with advertisement paid by Apple TV to Samsung.