Mildly Infuriating

Unsolicited ads used to be called spam back in my days. Code with closed source and unknown functionality used to be called malware.

really sucks, but like did we not expect this to happen?

Technology could be so awesome, and this is what they do.

I love technology. This is complete policy failure. Big Tech must be annihilated.

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.

Advertising must be the worst human invention ever.

Wouldn't be surprised if you popped it open to disconnect the screen, the cooler would stop working.

To that I say, why in the hell would you buy a smart fridge in the first place? That's on you for buying something that stupid.

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I remember when fridges with screens were first becoming a thing, and one way they tried to sell them was the convenience of being able to leave notes, shopping lists, photos, etc.... for other members of the family. And even back then, before the advertising apocalypse, I remember thinking, what in the actual fuck makes this 1000 dollar feature any more useful than a 20 dollar magnetic white board and a dry erase marker?

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

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.

It'd be really funny if your name was Carol

why does a fridge need a computer and a screen?

I still don't understand any benefit from having a screen on my fridge... but now I hate them, thanks Samsung

If you Dont LIKE THIS you're a TERRORIST!

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

Remember this when they try to sell the idea of putting screens in the sky or space

I would return it.

FYI there is a setting to disable ads. Doesn’t excuse them for introducing ads in the first place, but at least it’s a solvable problem (for now).

The absolute irony. Yeah, this advert is trying to be a reference to what's happening in the series, as this is exactly what the main character is experiencing.

But it creeped out and distressed the character into a mental breakdown. Yes, let's emulate that as a tongue-in-cheek fridge advertisement.

Imagine your name really is "Carol", then you wake up one day and see this shit

I would be so pissed if I bought one of these. I’d probably smash the screen in rage.

I knew this would happen though.

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.

Fuck this

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

So ironic considering the advertising material. It feels like this show is about technology replacing humans.

At least they don’t lock the fridge until you watch an ad.