Get ready to see ads on your… Samsung refrigerator
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I used to work at a popular electrical retailer in the UK, and Samsung had come to our offices with some of their latest appliances, including a fridge freezer with a screen like this. They were trying to demonstrate the feature where you could look inside your fridge so you didn’t need to open the door, amongst other things, but it was of course a horrible laggy mess. I told the rep that nobody is going to use this after the first time and it’s just easier to open the door and look inside. You could tell he thought it was shit too but couldn’t come out and say it, but his smirk said it all.
Windows exist
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Blah blah blah, I don’t like the form factor so it’s unneeded. You people are insufferable.
Guess what, it is easier to look directly forward on an always on screen that’s going to have a common display like a family calendar of events for that day while I’m preparing my family for the day. I don’t have to find and unlock my phone, I don’t have to wash my hands and open up a calendar app. It’s right there, front and center, where it needs to be for the task.
Not everyone has their reflection burned into the screen holding them all day. Some people actually leave them in other rooms!
Not everyone has their reflection burned into the screen holding them all day.
Yes, some of us go screen to screen and therefore need screen on every appliance in our house! /s
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I recall the hype was to keep track of groceries or some such gimmick. I feel it to be unnecessary tech. How convenient that it shows ads. In any case, do not buy a Samsung appliance. They are total shite and will break down on you. Fridges, washing machines, dishwashers. All garbage. The televisions are fine.
the hype was to keep track of groceries
Most of my groceries are in the pantry not the fridge. This tech was always for people who have a kitchen that is for show and never used.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
My understanding is Samsung, at least as an appliance company, had tanked on quality over the last decade or so. I had all Samsung appliances until every one started failing slowly.
Not sure how they hope to survive with shit products AND a poor user experience.
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I agree. Speding an additional $1000 for that feature is so much better than a piece of paper and a Spongebob Squarepants magnet.
It is better than a paper calendar, it does AV as well which is fantastic if I’m trying to watch sports and cook, and the feature isn’t 1k. Sucks to suck and have to make up little stories.
Forced ads is stupid. The feature is fantastic you grumpy lonely old man
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Samsung Washers haven’t had a great reputation. A lot of people I know still recommend purchasing something like a Kenmore or Maytag, or Speed Queen. I have an LG Washer which has been pretty solid, but, yeah… repair costs if you go through a company versus doing it yourself can be insane.
My 10 year old LG Washer, to repair recently, would’ve cost around $550-$600 for Diagnostic, Repair, and parts if I went through a service center. That is the cost of a new machine. What I needed were new suspension springs (10 years of wear & tear), and a new Sump pump as the motor housing started to leak. About $100 in parts and a half hour of time. Through the repair company, the labor would’ve been half the cost. The parts? The other half.
Yeah, the suspension is what went out on mine, their part, has to be ordered through them. The repair guy was nice and literally told me that 3/4s the cost was literally the parts because they could only do manufacturer. What’s infuriating to me is the fact that older washers didn’t have auto balance or suspension. Everything was welded to the frame. Yeah sure it would bounce around a lot but you could easily just stop the washer and rebalance it. My parents washer and dryer were handed down from their parents and lasted 30 years with no issues.
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Shopping list, digital post it notes, etc.
People have been sticking important things into fridge doors since there are fridges.
It there was any hope for these being useful that would have integrated with the mobile experience the same way CarPlay did.
These are it a tv screen on a fridge with a channel that is for the fridge, these are all proprietary junk that it’s the antithesis for a smart home because they control it not the home owner.
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It is better than a paper calendar, it does AV as well which is fantastic if I’m trying to watch sports and cook, and the feature isn’t 1k. Sucks to suck and have to make up little stories.
Forced ads is stupid. The feature is fantastic you grumpy lonely old man
.Good god you’re dumb. Enjoy your ads I guess.
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If only there was some less ridiculous or wasteful way of keeping a calendar on a fridge, like a white board or something. Its too bad in the history of fridges that there was no way to keep a calendar on it, its just impossible to
Fuck man, why even have digital calendars at ALL?!!! Let’s just destroy computers, absolutely no need for this shit.
Ignoring the other useful users, my partner and I forward events from our work schedules when something pops up, the school sends an entire month of events which gets directly imported. The soccer team sends out the same shit.
God forbid I spend .23% of my yearly salary not having to sync calendar dates and be able to watch sports when cooking.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
It’s like none of you ever have seen a small TV on the counter
.Jesus christ the elitist nerd schick is high in here. So many angry nerds about wanting to and a calendar in the kitchen.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
Don’t buy dumb smart home devices or you get exactly what you deserve.
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Good god you’re dumb. Enjoy your ads I guess.
Don’t have them
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
I could have sworn this was already the case.
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Get ready to buy good quality, inexpensive refrigerators, without tech connectivity. Automatically adding tech to everything, just because it is new and shiny, isn’t always the right way to build your products. It sure fucked up the car industry.
Those will die off soon enough, through forced obsolescence and an inability to compete with ad-subsidised junk that spies on you.
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And this is why I avoid Samsung products entirely. Vote with your wallet.
I avoid “smart” products — especially those with screens — for this reason.
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Everyone should know this. Share it.
Hero. There’s only one gas station I use that has ads and I’ll try it there for sure. I deliberately avoid screened pumps.
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I would love to load up custom ROM though… What annoys me the most is lack of RTC battery, because the time resets whenever there’s a power outage.
They made an Internet-connected fridge and didn’t put an NTP client on it?
Oh it has internet time sync. But the problem is… connecting to wifi with invalid time is problematic. There are internet check endpoints with certificates that can’t be verified. On the off chance that it does connect, I get a zillion certificate errors from different background processes.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
On the plus side, considering the average lifespan of Samsung appliances, you probably won’t have to put up with it for very long.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
Much better than my current Samsung fridge where that obnoxious Samsung rep has to come every week to plaster a new ad on the door. At least it won’t leave glue all over the floor.
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Samsung is rolling out an update to its refrigerators with displays that will enable them to show advertisements.
The only smart feature a fridge needs is a beeper for when the door has been left open or water filter needs changing. It sure as heck doesn’t need WiFi.
