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.

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    28 days ago
    • Update (now)
    • Later
    • “No” option missing

    Samsung not understanding consent - if they can’t say “no” that doesn’t make it okay.

    If you don’t like us changing the terms AFTER the sale then stop using “your” fridge.

    No you may not remove it, that’s a DMCA violation!

  • dom@lemmy.ca
    6·
    28 days ago

    Samsung puts ads in all their stuff. Dont buy a samsung product with a screen outside of their phones

    • ms.lane@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      28 days ago

      *Including their phones

      *Ironically not including their ‘signage displays’ (ie. displays that are for displaying… advertising)

    • utopiah@lemmy.ml
      2·
      27 days ago

      Going to play devil’s advocate here but in theory, it’s not necessarily bad, namely it could display

      • what’s in stock (assuming RFID or being patient enough to scan barcode of each item or data from online order)
      • recipes matching what’s in stock,
      • statistics of usage e.g. when it’s most used, how much electricity consumed, etc
      • contextual information e.g. calendar items overlapping with meal time (thus expecting food to take away)
      • what’s in stock that could go bad soon and thus potential recipes

      so … honestly the “smart” can be potentially useful to the user.

      The problem is not really the why IMHO but rather the how because sadly I have 0 trust that it will be done solely for the benefit of the user. Which is why I will not buy a proprietary version. If I could get a OSHW one with e.g. eInk and HomeAssistant and/or GadgetBridge support, I just might, until then I’m in no rush.

  • BarbudoGrande@lemmy.world
    3·
    28 days ago

    House I purchased came with one of these fridges. Can confirm that this update came through yesterday for ne. The screensaver pushes an ad for news articles and not sure how to remove that yet.

    Don’t really want articles about Charlie Kirks assassination on screen while my kids make their breakfast. My kids are mad they got rid of the daily trivia app.

    One of today’s breakfast news articles:Samsung Fridge has ads

  • kadu@lemmy.world
    3·
    27 days ago

    Call me old fashioned, but there are several things I’ll never accept being “smart” and having Wi-Fi, including:

    Home appliances, cars, monitors, note taking apparatus, furniture, beverage dispensing mechanisms, cleaning gadgets, pet gadgets, children toys, adult toys, bags, wallets, access keys, plants, birds.

  • Aether Crescent 🌙 @lemmy.ml
    3·
    27 days ago

    Notice that Samsung is a South Korean company, but they will put ads in the USA first. I lived in the USA, they love to be sheep for corporations. If they allow this with no pushback, they have offically become characters in a real life 1984. Pathetic. Also no more Samsung products for me.