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Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by estimator7292 » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:11 AM UTC

gus_massa wrote: post #215

I bought a Samsung notebook in ~2008. No crapware! Nice and small, it survived long beyond the guaranty date. My cellphone decided to die last month. It was near retirement, but still working until it didn't. I bought a Samsung phone. First it asked twice if I wanted to share all my life with Google (using some dark patterns) and then it asked twice if I wanted to share all my life with Samsung (using more dark patte…

I quit buying Samsung when my phone rebooted into a forced update while I was using it with a customer and then fucking bricked itself.

Not to mention a new notification to accept the new Samsung terms and conditions every two weeks.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by hollow-moe » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:19 AM UTC

nkrisc wrote: post #20

philips wrote: post #3

Why is this the best business model we can collectively execute on? Whether it is AI, home cameras, or fridges it seems to just come back to, welp, lets slap an ad on it.

Because simply selling a refrigerator isn’t good enough anymore. How else do you fuel infinite economic growth? If it was legal to kill for money they would do that too. In some ways that already occurs.

it is legal to kill for money as long as it is indirect enough

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by userbinator » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:19 AM UTC

EvanAnderson wrote: post #188

southwindcg wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only eight years for a dryer is definitely not pretty good in my mind. It's barely acceptable unless you have a huge family and are doing laundry daily. I had a low-end Capri (Sears house brand) that was 21 years old and still going strong when I moved away. It was serviced once, by me, to replace a fuse. If I'd paid twice as much and gotten only eight years out of one, I'd be furious.

Yeah-- I was thinking that 8 years isn't even broken-in. My old Sears dryer was 27 when I had to replace a pulley and a thermal fuse. It ran just like it was new after that. I left it with that house but, hopefully, it's still running today.

Sears (Kenmore) appliances from that era are manufactured by Whirlpool in the US.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by hollow-moe » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:23 AM UTC

7373737373 wrote: post #323

Does a website exist that lists products only by companies who respect their customers?

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Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by bluGill » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:24 AM UTC

gxs wrote: post #262

bluGill wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people don't care and so don't vote with their wallet.

Also, people don't realize that sometimes it doesn't even matter Enough people don't care, don't notice, or in the worst case, even when they do, if the companies band together and don't give people a choice, eventually they will cave and thats what i predict will happen here In the future i suspect most people's homes will have ads, except for nerds who will have rooted their devices. and hopefully their moms.

there are enough people who do care to matter. Sometimes we settle for not great answers, but there are generally options for those who care.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by chrisweekly » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:25 AM UTC

Their unbelievably poorly-designed icemakers are already a reason I'll never buy another Samsung fridge. Now this? Yikes.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by userbinator » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:35 AM UTC

integrated 21.5- or 32-inch (depending on the model) screen

I don't want a fridge with a screen or any connections except power. All it needs to do is keep my food cold. I've had others very surprised to see my house containing mostly mid-century dumb appliances. I deal with enough problems caused by software at work, to know better than to bring that hassle home.

Re: Samsung makes ads on smart fridges official with upcoming software update

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Post by bschwindHN » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:38 AM UTC

ge96 wrote: post #153

Recently saw this clip about a public bathroom where the toilet paper dispenser had a screen on it/qr code you had to scan, watch an ad to get the TP... interesting if true.

You know, ads printed on toilet paper would be entertaining.

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Post by Nursie » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:47 AM UTC

stephen_g wrote: post #214

smallstepforman wrote: post #190

Earlier quoted context omitted.

3 phase is 380V

It’s 400V in most of the world actually, but residential induction stoves are basically always single phase as far as I have ever seen.

I have a three-phase 'smeg'.

We have that particular model because it was literally the only induction cooktop on the market that would fit the existing hole in our stone worktop.

Quite a lot of them can be wired either one, two or three-phase when you look into their installation instructions, it's just that not that many houses have three-phase power and not many people are willing to pay to get that upgraded just for the hob.

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Post by grogenaut » Wed, Oct 29, 2025, 2:48 AM UTC

FuriouslyAdrift wrote: post #116

kstrauser wrote: post #12

This guarantees I'll never buy a Samsung appliance. If they're this willing to screw with their customers today, they'll do it again tomorrow. Sadly, I'm including their TVs in this. I have one today, displaying the output of an Apple TV and not directly connected to the Internet because hah, no way, but I'll be shopping around when it comes time to replace it. Pity. They make nice stuff. Not nice enough that I'm wil…

My house came with all Samsung appliances and I can't wait for all fo them to die. The dryer already went (8 years old). I've been replacing with mid-range LG on advice of the local repair company and been happy so far. Quirky and very few features but seems well built. Can't wait to replace the massive refrigerator and swap the gas range for inductive. Fridge is slowly going (cracked and leaking ice maker, condensat…

When I bought my new fridge I told the sales guy I wanted the least features possible. "You don't want an in door ice maker" "How many of those have you seen that aren't broken" "not many. no through door window?" "I know there's milk in the fridge why do I need to see that there's milk in the fridge?" down and down the list. Eventually we settled on a very bare bones whilrpool french door. It's very simple. My previous fridge I could fix with a screwdriver and a piece of wire. These things push cold air from a compressor that lasts 50 years if it's not fucked with by electronics and some boxes that are all passive insulation. They were solved problems 30 years ago.

The speed queen washer that came with the house failed. The 30 year old lid switch literally fell apart. $10 on amazon next day. Took me 10 minutes and youtube to take the machine apart. It's meant to be serviced and I'm handy. I don't get engineers who won't try and fix their appliances. It's like a free weekend day entertainment for me.