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

[Kidseeghost]

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[mtrm]

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.

I get that that, it’s just that the wording of the title of this article is not exactly the best. They try to excuse Apple based on what others do. Two wrongs don’t make a right.

And I fully agree with you, it could be way worse. Apple could pull an Amazon and start feeding ads on the lock screen! 😋 Not seeing it happening, but on the other hand it’s best not to give them ideas!

 

[hanske68]

The obsession with adds is terror. Can't even buy a tv anymore without commercial terror. Now fridges. What's next: a car that won't start before having listened to adds for 5 minutes? And that stops every 2 minutes to stop the engine and serve adds?

I deeply hate this kind of terror.

 

[jomartz]

It enrages me that you can’t watch anything nowadays without ads, not even your fridge! Greed will cause a social revolt sooner rather than later, if it hasn’t started already.

 

[mw360]

The other thought that occurred to me is quite how much time does anyone spend looking at a closed fridge? Ours is covered in fridge magnets in any case which is a fleeting reminder of various holidays - a much more interesting, IMO, view ☺️

Normally no time whatsoever is spent looking at a fridge door, that's the point. But when it starts saying "Doctors recommend you stop eating this food NOW!" or showing a load of AI-generated attention bait it's potentially going up from zero to too long.

 

[wanha]

I agree. The biggest problem is that configuring routers is not something that we are all capable of doing effectively. In my case, it is a BT-supplied router and I'm not familiar with it at all. Yes, I have configured routers in the past but most of them are horrible to appalling for non-network people to manage.

I get you. I've got a new TP-Link wifi7 router and I'm planning on getting my hands dirty in the coming days and configuring a vpn for it to block trackers and advertisers on the router level

 

[digimc]

Couldn’t said person just press pause?

Oh yeah of course. 😊. I agree with you I would not spend that kind of money on a fridge but you know some people have money to burn and I suppose that kind of connectivity is something they would like

 

[the 12th Doctor]

There ads in Apple Maps? I never noticed. I go to work and come home. I’m not one of those dweebs that has their gps on to go the same route everyday.

 

[iMac The Knife]

The day I need a smart refrigerator is the same day I'll have a tag on my toe.

 

[iMac The Knife]

People will always complain but you don’t have to connect your refrigerator to the internet…

You can always connect it to a separate home network (that is not connected to the Internet)

Some people would rather have the advertising included - to potentially reduce the cost of the fridge itself

"...potentially reduce the cost of the fridge itself", haha! That is the funniest thing I've heard in years!!! 🤣😂

 

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[iMac The Knife]

..why does one need a screen that big on a fridge. Isn’t that what iPads are for.

So they can sit their kids in front of it for hours, instead of being good parents who are actually involved in their kids' lives.

 

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[H3boy]

Thought this was an apple news site?

 

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[Dr McKay]

When Samsung puts ads in their phones system apps they were rightfully shamed about it until they removed them. Apple should not get a free pass because Samsung put ads in their appliances. The day ads started appearing in the menu bar of my Samsung TV was the day I disconnected it from the internet and bought an Apple TV to plugin. When it comes to replace it eventually I will steer clear of Samsung TVs out of principle even though I’d just be plugging an Apple TV into it again.

 

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[Bones402]

LMFAO. I have two Sears Refrigerators that will never die. Garage Fridge is from 1972. House Fridge is from 1985. Also, why Sears went out of business, nobody came back to replace anything.

 

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[headsh0t95]

This would not really have be a problem if end users got paid to have these ads shown on their screen.

Otherwise, ridiculous. At least one of the reasons i'm staying clear of any 'smart' devices that don't have to be smart, such as washing machine, tumble dryer, oven and fridge.

 

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[doobydoooby]

With all due respect if you buy a refrigerator with a giant screen slapped on the front of it, what exactly is the long-term expectation? People who want that level of tech in an appliance generally know the game, connected displays come with bloatware, data mining, and yes… ads.

I get being annoyed that Samsung turned it on by default, but acting shocked that a 32-inch Wi-Fi billboard in your kitchen might eventually be used as, well, a billboard feels a little naïve. This is the trade-off we keep making with smart everything convenience up front, monetization later.

No, I disagree. You buy something with a given functionality. If a company later changes that functionality and starts throwing flashy A4 size adverts at me in my kitchen, I would go ballistic on them. You just know these things will be eye-grabbing. Its utterly immoral and reeks of a deep lack of human respect.