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If You Thought Ads in Apple Maps Was Bad, Samsung is Putting Ads on $1,900+ Refrigerators

trusso said:
Exactly. Ads on a refrigerator are asinine, but that by no means excuses Apple ******tifying their own products.

Logical fallacy, thy name is…
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^This. Unfortunately my original statement got censored squished - don't really understand why though...
 
Not seeing the big deal. Turn widgets off or opt out. Personally I don’t need a fridge with a screen on it. Samsung makes crap appliances imo.

However it’s not surprising. Apple and everyone else is doing it. It’s kinda fascinating. Companies know people don’t like ads. We pay to get rid of them. So in creating a negative impression or experience for customers let’s pay to have our branded ad placed there. lol. Samsung or whoever gets less satisfied customers. The companies ad gets seen in a negative light which is a total win for them right? Customers get annoyed.

And yet companies pay for this.

For customers it’s all about expectations . So where’s my compensation for putting up with these ads. Is my fridge cheaper. Is my iPhone cheaper? No?

Streamers discount their subs with ads. Customers put up with them because they’re getting a discount.
 
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Arran said:
A dongle would be fine. After less than two of years use, my brand new 2017 Samsung fridge required the following just to get ice out:
  • An ice scraper.
  • Bowls of hot water.
  • A Philips screwdriver to completely disassemble the icemaker.
  • A 24 inch long flat-blade screwdriver to reach in the back and dislodge chunks of ice on an ad-hoc basis.
  • A hair dryer for quick thaws to get the perpetually-frozen mechanism going.
  • Towels to mop up the drips.
  • Hours to scour YouTube and other websites to find many other unhappy owners offering hints and tips just to get ice.
  • An hour or so to disassemble, dry out and reassemble the ice maker every couple of months.
  • More hours to find potential replacement parts - only to decide good money was going after bad.
  • Duct tape to fix an ice bin that broke because it spent most of its time frozen solid and impossible to move.
  • A tub in the garage to collect random plastic and metal pieces that broke off regularly. (The whole fridge lives in the garage now).
  • An even bigger container to hold mine (and everyone else’s) disgust at Samsungs refusal to acknowledge their design issue for years. Google it.
That was for a top of the line $3500 Samsung fridge back in 1998. I wound up buying a whole new fridge (not Samsung) just to get ice out.

Today, Samsung could invent a fridge that displayed tonight’s lottery numbers and I’d not be interested.
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Same.
 
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BotchQue said:
I'm still trying to figure out how to sabotage (w/o actual vandalism) gas pumps that immediately start shoving video/audio ads down my throat while I'm pumping gas. GIVE US YOUR MONEYYY WE MUST HAVE YOUR MONEYYY MORE MONEYYYY FOR US
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Jerseyans don’t deal with that because we don’t pump our gas.
 
on the topic of "smart" fridges, what's everyone's best "dumb down" fridge? ice maker and water dispenser with a filter is all I need.
 
yanki01 said:
on the topic of "smart" fridges, what's everyone's best "dumb down" fridge? ice maker and water dispenser with a filter is all I need.
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The basics of basic--freezer and refrigerator compartments. Well... I wouldn't mind an AI fridge that shames me into dieting or one that will snitch on whomever is stealing my chocolate tiramisu. Curse you food thief.
 
Products from 2024 and Samsung decided to inject them with ads in November 2025? Should be there on day one to utilize the screen real estate.
 
yanki01 said:
on the topic of "smart" fridges, what's everyone's best "dumb down" fridge? ice maker and water dispenser with a filter is all I need.
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So far, my wife and I have been really happy with our Frigidaire Gallery. Model # FGHB2868TF7. Tech is minimal on it. It does have a digital settings screen, but no “smart” features. The water and air filters on it have lasted us longer than our previous Whirlpool model ever did.
 
uacd said:
I don’t really like this headline, looks like classic Samsung-bashing.

I mean yeah they have ads and often preinstalled crappy apps on their flagship phones, the same apps 99% of people are gonna use anyway, but after all, is experience worse?

People here are obsessed with folding displays and VR skigoogles, and what’s so bad in a screen integrated to a fridge? This is freaking cool you know, having a huge web browser right on your fridge instead of s***ton of useless magnets.

Wanna find a quick cookie recipe instead of taking your teeny-weeny smartphone out of pocket? Use a fridge!
I do agree it is not a main function of a fridge, but why not?

This is probably our future with everything connected, impossible to escape. We will either get used or be left with old tech. And I mean it is not so impossible to live with old fridges, these beasts often work for 20+ years. Thus 2k$ doesn’t seem like a huge investment.

Oh, btw. How long will your iPhone for 2k$ work before becoming slow and obsolete? Most people will replace it in 3 years because it is no more “shiny and cool”.

I don’t like ads too but if there is not much choice, so be it I guess… Apple is doing it for ages already and was even suspected in mining data for advertisers thru Facetime back in the days. It just feels not that nice that people these days no more interested in “jailbreaking” and so we no more have custom firmware to customize whatever we want, including full adblocking. Unfortunately we are gonna have these ads because majority of people seem to not care…
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Displays are not cool. Selling a 2k phone were the screen is plastic just so they can sell us a gimmick is not cool. I don’t want my home to have billboards everywhere. And VR is a niche only useful to game and I bet they plan to do ads there too. Imagine walking around with your smart glasses and VR and there are ads everywhere. Also why should I use the display on a fridge when I can use my phone for everything you listed anyway.
 
People crying whataboutism are missing the point. The Apple Maps ads will be bad. We all agree on that. I’m sure Macrumors agrees as well.

The point of this article is to show that even on no frills expensive appliances they’re putting ads on them. Companies realize that growth has to keep coming from somewhere and ads are that “somewhere.” Both Apple and Samsung are making dumbass choices here and we must continue to complain to make our voices heard.

Most effective way is to not purchase Samsung fridges, and to not use Apple Maps. Google Maps is better anyway, I hate to say it.
 
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Arran said:
After less than two of years use, my brand new 2017 Samsung fridge required the following just to get ice out:

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Today, Samsung could invent a fridge that displayed tonight’s lottery numbers and I’d not be interested.
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Everything I've read about Samsung refrigerators mentions low reliability and that after two years something on the unit will require repair work.

Perhaps repair services will be the biggest advertisers on those Samsung refrigerators.
 
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