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

[junior]

I actually wouldn't mind ads on a fridge if every single ad was for local produces that you could order straight away on the fridge screen. It would make sense to me, and help me, and hopefully help local farms. They can get lost with any other type of advertisement.

 

[vgmrm]

At what point did companies decide that users needed to be spied on in order to torture us with ads and artificial intelligence?

 

[szw-mapple fan]

Or.. just don’t connect it to your WiFi in the first place. It’s just a compressor in an insulated box with pressurized tubing. It doesn’t need WiFi.

I bet a lot of the “smart features” are internet enabled. If someone spent that kind of money on their appliance already for those (albeit a bit excessive) features, they don’t deserve to have to make the choice of turning off the features or getting ads shown in their kitchen.

 

[xxFoxtail]

Admittedly, I haven’t looked into it all that much, but what's the point of a smart fridge?

 

[bluecoast]

Somewhere, someone is researching ads on smart glasses.

Probably they are at meta.

 

[Imperial926]

Whether you can block the ads or not, it shows the mindset of all these companies. The customer now comes a distant 3rd after profit, shareholders, and now advertisers. Maybe it's just me but i would give my money to a company that put the product and me equal first.

 

[Powerbooky]

...Samsung's decision to include ads on the Family Hub refrigerators has come as a surprise to many customers because the fridges have been available for years now. Many who bought the refrigerator without any expectation that it would show ads will now be subject to advertising. There will undoubtedly be customers unaware that they can opt out of the ads, because Samsung has decided to turn ads on by default.

Surprise? No, absolutely not. For years they have doen this on their "smart" TV's. Ads and mining your behaviour is more important to them than having an easy to use TV. Read the EULA of their TV's... its horrible.

A fridge is technically one of the simplest home appliances, it doesn't need a screen or wifi at all.

 

[BillyJoeJimBob]

The point of this story is to make Apple Maps users more comfortable with the in-app ads that will now most surely be coming. 🤣

 

[miric]

Could they put ad in ad? Here's the question.

 

[gonglosaur]

iPhone 17 Pro Max with 2 TB: $2000
iPad Pro 11” with 2 TB, plain glass, no cellular: $2000
iPad Pro 13” with 1 TB, plain glass, no cellular: $1900
M4 Pro Mac mini with higher CPU, 48 GB RAM, 512 GB SSD: $2000
Mac Pro (base model): $7000

All of these will come with ads in Maps if Apple does this.

Please don’t rationalize this crap, MacRumors.

 

[Kaptajn Haddock]

Well, they announced it, so, just don't do the latest update. I am sure your refrigerator will work fine regardless.

 

[Colpeas]

Or.. just don’t connect it to your WiFi in the first place. It’s just a compressor in an insulated box with pressurized tubing. It doesn’t need WiFi.

It doesn’t need to run Android or, you know, have a TV attached to the doors, either.

 

[RickDEGH]

Is this an apologetic’s article?

 

[Woyzeck]

In times like these we can be happy if the tech bros don't put a camera in the fridge spying at us.

 

[leonremi]

agreed. This article is exceedingly annoying.
Pure whataboutism.
Apple ads in maps are just as bad as Samsung ads on fridge.

Honestly at this point just move over to Reddit, what's the point of Macrumors?

 

[wanha]

Can't wait until home appliances start selling us subscriptions.


Would you like the light inside your fridge to work every time you open the door? Unlock this feature for only $1.99 per month.

 

[SanderEvers]

Any device with a screen and an internet connection* sooner or later will show ads. That's the future, sadly not the future I wanted.

*) Internet connection is optional

 

[mtrm]

I don’t understand this arcticle honestly. So, just because Samsung is doing it as well suddenly makes this practice ok and acceptable?

 

[Parowdy]

Probably can be blocked at the router.

That’s a lot of work for someone who simply wants a fridge and isn’t tech savvy.

 

[Parowdy]

I don’t understand this arcticle honestly. So, just because Samsung is doing it as well suddenly makes this practice ok and acceptable?

I think it’s more about showing people that thought ads in Maps was the end of the world that it can always get worse.
But yeah, ads in Maps are bad and a step in a very wrong direction.

 

[Jamie0003]

Erm….both are bad. Is MacRumors trying to distract us from the obvious Apple hypocrisy here? 🤔

 

[shapesinaframe]

Newsflash. iPhones have been used to display ads since day 1.

 

[kerr]

Would not surprise me if smart phones had ads even using any apps. About to set a wake up alarm, 15 second ad pops up. In the Settings app, 20 second ad.

 

[Onelifenofear]

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

Logical fallacy, thy name is…

I agree, I do wonder if they offer an opt out.

Probably the only place I don’t mind ads is google maps.

 

[k1121j]

Wish someone else other than Samsung made one. They are horribly under powered and slow, not to mention the app selection is terrible. If I had options my next one would not be Samsung.