Samsung confirms it will begin showing you advertisements on refrigerator screen • Hacker News Board

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

#11

Post by deafpolygon » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 7:02 AM UTC

Well, that's one product I won't be buying.

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

#12

Post by boobsbr » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 7:34 AM UTC

I now have ads on HBO Max, Prime Video and Disney+. Netflix also has ads.

Phone apps collect your data and show you ads.

Some smart TVs show you ads, and also collect your data.

Now the fridges.

When will we get ads beamed into our dreams à la Futurama?

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

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Post by zaphirplane » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 9:27 AM UTC

lowlevel wrote: post #10

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

Aren’t they one of the top screen manufacturers, eg tv

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

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Post by soylentcola » Wed, Oct 01, 2025, 1:55 PM UTC

boobsbr wrote: post #12

I now have ads on HBO Max, Prime Video and Disney+. Netflix also has ads. Phone apps collect your data and show you ads. Some smart TVs show you ads, and also collect your data. Now the fridges. When will we get ads beamed into our dreams à la Futurama?

I always wondered if "Lightspeed Briefs" was a pun on the "FTL" abbreviation that Fruit of the Loom used at the time (no idea if they still do).