cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/37646129

Source: Reddit post— Private front-end.

Samsung Statement to Android Authority:

Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market.

As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-network (OTN) software update with Terms of Service (T&C) and Privacy Notice (PN). Advertising will appear on certain Family Hub refrigerator Cover Screens. The Cover Screen appears when a Family Hub screen is idle. Ad design format may change depending on Family Hub personalization options for the Cover Screen, and advertising will not appear when Cover Screen displays Art Mode or picture albums.

Advertisements can be dismissed on the Cover Screens where ads are shown, meaning that specific ads will not appear again during the campaign period.

  • expatriado@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    10 hours ago

    when you buy an over-engineered appliance, if i feel like spending extra $$$ for a fridge, i’d rather go for quality steel panels and compressor, not an screen with wifi

    • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 hours ago

      Make me a nuclear blastproof fridge. Wtf do I need a screen for? What does the wifi do for me? Does it tell me if I am out of eggs? I fucking thought not.

      • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        5·
        10 hours ago

        Back in the 50s and 60s fridges got cold. The racks were made out of metal so they lasted forever. We could build fridges like this, but we choose not to.

      • hendrik@palaver.p3x.deEnglish
        5·
        10 hours ago

        Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Or just the average sense of impending doom?

        • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 hours ago

          How does it know though? If I just put a carton of eggs in there probably not. If the special egg holder is empty maybe. But I could still have eggs while the holder is empty and the fridge would be none the wiser.

          But I don’t actually know how it knows the number of eggs so I might be wrong.

          • littletoolshed@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            9 hours ago

            It knows because there are cameras inside the fridge and it can recognize the items you put inside and remove, and has logic built around all of these observations.

            It’s not perfect but I’m surprised how often it’s accurate, especially in a household that doesn’t give any shits whatsoever about refrigerator organization.

            • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
              3·
              8 hours ago

              It knows because there are cameras inside the fridge and it can recognize the items you put inside and remove, and has logic built around all of these observations.

              society is getting dumber.

            • WIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              9 hours ago

              Oh I see. That’s nice. I still don’t need the function though. Give me more space or a better buuld for the premium this feature costs.