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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 month ago by CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net to c/enshitification@slrpnk.net

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 31 points 1 month ago (7 children)

My current freezer/fridge is over 20 years old, and has never needed a firmware update.

Am I missing out? It keeps the food cold, which is all I want it to do.

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[–] CurlyWurlies4All@slrpnk.net [S] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

But what if it kept your food cold sometimes and sold information on what you ate to advertisers? Wouldn't that be worth the occasional spoilage of a week's worth of groceries?

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[–] JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago

It might also sometimes crawl a bunch of web pages or code repositories on behalf of some AI company so the site operators can't effectively block them. Surely that's a benefit worth sacrificing some food for!

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I mean... maybe?

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[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 1 point 1 month ago

I would honestly rather just not own a fridge than put up with that.

I have done it before when living in a shared house because people stole stuff in the kitchen fridges. So I only kept food in my room and didn't have a fridge in there.

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Am I missing out? It keeps the food cold, which is all I want it to do.

You need to get with the times! You're missing out on being presented with valuable products and services every time to go to your fridge! This doesn't just help you, it also helps struggling appliance manufacturers like Samsung , who really need that advertising revenue to stay afloat in these tough times.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'll do it! I'll do it for Samsung. After all they've done for me, it's the least I can do!

Why, I remember when I bought a new Samsung laser printer and five years later they stopped making new toner cartridges for it. That's gotta be be worth, somthin', ain't it?

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[–] budget_biochemist@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago