• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    8 小时前

    The things Samsung has to resort to, to be able to afford ram for its phones after Samsung cut Samsung off from it’s supply.

  • BluesF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20·
    1 天前

    Samsung smart fridge disable ads

    Turn off ads smart fridge

    Jailbreak samsung smart fridge

    Open source smart fridge software

    Fridges for sale near me

  • percent@infosec.pubEnglish
    24·
    1 天前

    Well yeah, it’s a fridge with a spacious screen and an Internet connection in the 2020s. Of course they’d capitalize on all that advertising real-estate. And of course they’d wait until after people have had them for a while. They’re unsurprisingly shameless.

    I’d be curious to know what kind of data it’s collecting to optimize those ads.

    • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      12·
      1 天前

      Using some of the wifi connection tricks companies have, it can probably associate the device with all the devices your family has and the corresponding data

      • ReginaPhalange@lemmy.worldEnglish
        18·
        1 天前

        I imagine it goes like this:

        1. Fridge gather nearby SSIDs
        2. Samsung partners with Google/Meta
        3. Cross reference SSIDs with the ones being collected from Android devices/Meta apps
        4. Get advertising IDs from devices likely in this house
        5. Profit

        Or, and much much cheaper:

        1. To continue configuring this fridge please install this app via play/apple.
        • GreenShimada@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          1 天前

          This 100%. Also cross-reference IP addresses associated with the fridge’s IP to get Google/Meta advertising IDs on the whole family.

          There’s a non-zero chance that when Grandma comes over, she gets ads just for her as long as she’s there.

          • percent@infosec.pubEnglish
            3·
            13 小时前

            Ugh. Everything in this thread is totally feasible and probably reasonably accurate.

            I miss the old days when I could love tech, and got excited about new tech. It has gotten so sleazy.

  • matsdis@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    1 天前

    Time to re-read Cory Doctorow’s “Unauthorized Bread”. I thought it was satire and way over the top, but reality keeps catching up.

  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    16·
    1 天前

    If you Dont LIKE THIS you’re a TERRORIST!

    -Trump’s NPSM-7 which Classifies ANTI CAPITALISM as Terrorism! FREEDOM!

  • 403@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 天前

    Why on earth would anyone buy this garbage? The only advanced feature I’d like would be a crushed ice dispenser.

    • Hello Hotel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 天前

      My guess is to “digitalize” the sticky notes that people put on fridges. Its ment to be a billboard for the famially unit to itself! Advertizers getting inbetween and editing your note to selfs is gross!

    • tal@lemmy.todayEnglish
      71·
      2 天前

      There were still many flat surfaces in the world that did not yet have advertisements displayed on them.

      • hitmyspot@aussie.zoneEnglish
        69·
        2 天前

        Because they did it on every other item they sell with a screen and internet connection.

        It’s nitnjustbthatbthey show ads, it’s that they track you and show you ads based on that data.

      • Mark with a Z@suppo.fiEnglish
        53·
        2 天前

        It’s an internet connected appliance with a screen, made by samsung. If you follow the right kinds of news, that combination should send shivers down your spine.

        Edit: l’ll just say I don’t think the question was so dumb it should downvoted to hell.

      • azimir@lemmy.mlEnglish
        19·
        2 天前

        Because we’ve seen 30 years of the Web? Because streets used to be (and some sill are) nothing but a place to put up billboards and ads? Because corporations are led by psychopaths and they care absolutely nothing about your well-being or personal health in your home?

        OF COURSE if they can put an ad in your kitchen they’ll by all means put an ad in your kitchen. It’s literally the goal of giving out brochures and pamphlets of ads: to make you take the ads into your home. Why are there brand names on everything? It’s advertising all the way down. Giving them an Internet-connecting screen they control in your kitchen is just asking for ads to be displayed in your private space.

        • FatVegan@leminal.spaceEnglish
          8·
          2 天前

          Even if it weren’t a samsung, i would always expect a screen to show ads. That’s all they want to do, show ads everywhere as much as they can.

      • tyler@programming.devEnglish
        7·
        2 天前

        Because Samsung has done this to literally every one of their other products, even ones without screens, and only apps, like Samsung SmartThings and their washers and dryers.

      • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        2 天前

        What else would the screen be for? Even if there was another valid reason, why wouldn’t they put ads on it? It’s easy profit or unused real estate in their eyes.

      • trashcan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 天前

        We’ve been paying attention?

        Or to put it more nicely: no one finds this side of the fediverse without feeling at least a little burned by corporations.

        Edit: to be clear I never meant it as rude, just a little sarcastic.

      • brunchyvirus@fedia.io
        1·
        2 天前

        They make fridges, which typically sit in a room until it decides to die. Shareholders got pissy the enormous bill for ecs doesn’t have the correct permissions

  • JigglySackles@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    2 天前

    This was always the goal when they started adding screens. Screens should always be viewed as ad delivery mechanisms especially if internet connected. That goes triple for devices that absolutely don’t need a screen. Like a fucking fridge. They will slow boil the process at first. But they’ll do it.

  • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.caEnglish
    2·
    24 小时前

    I don’t really understand the appeal of a smart fridge. Unless it’s going to tell me what groceries to buy, I don’t really need an iPad on my fridge.

    In any case, this was all inevitable. Technology has produced a socially acceptable way for corporations to spy on their customers. They’ve been doing that for years. Now they’re putting what they’ve learned to use, so they can sell you more shit and maximize the profit potential per customer.

    Maximizing profit isn’t new or is it news of any kind, that’s literally the entire reason corporations exist. There have been entire lawsuits about it. CEOs, sometimes want to reinvest in their workers and use profits to upgrade facilities and give out raises, only to be sued by their shareholders… The shareholders won by the way.

    This is necessary for them. Anyone who acts contrary to maximizing shareholder value is either sued, removed, or otherwise taken out of a position where they can have any effect.

    Any publicly traded company, especially multi-National and international companies, are basically slaves to this kind of enshittification.

    The system is working as designed.

  • NoodlePoint@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 天前

    It’s kinda coincidental to have all three conglomerates in that picture: Sony producing that TV show, with advertisement paid by Apple TV to Samsung.