Samsung confirms it will begin showing you advertisements on refrigerator screen

#1

Post by hippich » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 10:12 PM UTC

Re: Samsung confirms it will begin showing you advertisements on refrigerator screen

#2

Post by dabinat » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 10:20 PM UTC

I like how they frame it as “meeting customer needs”, as if customers were begging to see ads on their expensive fridge.

#3

Post by ChrisArchitect » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 10:30 PM UTC

#4

Post by CamperBob2 » Tue, Sep 30, 2025, 11:50 PM UTC

dabinat wrote: post #2

I like how they frame it as “meeting customer needs”, as if customers were begging to see ads on their expensive fridge.

The customers are the advertisers.

#5

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 3:04 AM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #3

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107

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#6

Post by metadat » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 3:04 AM UTC

ChrisArchitect wrote: post #3

Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107

Thanks! Macro-expanded:

Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107 - 12 days ago, 108 comments

#7

Post by burnt-resistor » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 3:05 AM UTC

Fuck Samsung. Someones needs to hack the firmware and replace it with something useful.

#8

Post by tomkarho » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 5:22 AM UTC

burnt-resistor wrote: post #7

Fuck Samsung. Someones needs to hack the firmware and replace it with something useful.

Make it run Doom.

#9

Post by bni » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 5:48 AM UTC

Never buy anything from Samsung

#10

Post by lowlevel » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 6:16 AM UTC

Samsung doesn't make anything good in the way of appliances anyway... so, pretty easy to avoid this bs.