Samsung confirms it will begin showing you advertisements on refrigerator screenfortune.com 21 pointshippich11 months ago12 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−dabinat11moI like how they frame it as “meeting customer needs”, as if customers were begging to see ads on their expensive fridge.−CamperBob211moThe customers are the advertisers.−boobsbr11moI now have ads on HBO Max, Prime Video and Disney+. Netflix also has ads.Phone apps collect your data and show you ads.Some smart TVs show you ads, and also collect your data.Now the fridges.When will we get ads beamed into our dreams à la Futurama?−soylentcola11moI always wondered if "Lightspeed Briefs" was a pun on the "FTL" abbreviation that Fruit of the Loom used at the time (no idea if they still do).−ChrisArchitect11moDiscussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107−metadat11moThanks! Macro-expanded:Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107 - 12 days ago, 108 comments−bni11moNever buy anything from Samsung−deafpolygon11moWell, that's one product I won't be buying.−burnt-resistor11moFuck Samsung. Someones needs to hack the firmware and replace it with something useful.−tomkarho11moMake it run Doom.−lowlevel11moSamsung doesn't make anything good in the way of appliances anyway... so, pretty easy to avoid this bs.−zaphirplane11moAren’t they one of the top screen manufacturers, eg tv
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I like how they frame it as “meeting customer needs”, as if customers were begging to see ads on their expensive fridge.
The customers are the advertisers.
I now have ads on HBO Max, Prime Video and Disney+. Netflix also has ads.
Phone apps collect your data and show you ads.
Some smart TVs show you ads, and also collect your data.
Now the fridges.
When will we get ads beamed into our dreams à la Futurama?
I always wondered if "Lightspeed Briefs" was a pun on the "FTL" abbreviation that Fruit of the Loom used at the time (no idea if they still do).
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107
Thanks! Macro-expanded:
Samsung confirms its smart fridges will start showing you ads https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45291107 - 12 days ago, 108 comments
Never buy anything from Samsung
Well, that's one product I won't be buying.
Fuck Samsung. Someones needs to hack the firmware and replace it with something useful.
Make it run Doom.
Samsung doesn't make anything good in the way of appliances anyway... so, pretty easy to avoid this bs.
Aren’t they one of the top screen manufacturers, eg tv