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.

  • okwhateverdude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 day ago

    And the most infuriating thing is the shitty “Later” or “Update” thing. Corpos are fucking allergic to “No”

      • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzEnglish
        9·
        1 day ago

        I like to put it this way:

        “This is a customer, not a rational human being! Stop treating it as human! It doesn’t even understand simple orders, you tell it «buy it» and it doesn’t! You need to condition and tame those things - smear the same message over and over on its snout until it swallows it, like a dog.”

      • taco@anarchist.nexusEnglish
        5·
        1 day ago

        Sometimes there’s a “no” and might even be a “don’t ask me again” checkbox. These are usually just more dishonest variations of “ask me later” though.

  • otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    1 day ago

    😱🤯

    You mean to tell me the unnecessarily internet-connected garbage with a screen is being used for advertising?!

    Seriously, though. While it’s never the customer’s fault for buying something, this was always going to be the case. Why else would the screen even be there? It’s a fridge for crying out loud. It literally does one fucking thing with zero input.