we did

There were still many flat surfaces in the world that did not yet have advertisements displayed on them.

Yeah I actually never expected to have an LCD billboard up inside my home.

There was a reddit legal advice post recently with that premise. Poster's sister was a schizophrenic named Carol, who checked herself into an inpatient mental facility, after seeing this ad on a smart fridge, and thinking her treatment was failing and she was slipping into another episode.

Brother was wondering if they had grounds to sue over treatment costs.

I get the vibe that they wanted to use Karen, but realized alienating and insulting their users just for complaining about the ads was a bit too far. (Apple and Samsung can just rot in a ditch)

Item 11. 🫠

All thanks to John Advertising.

We know because that asshole told everyone about it and his services.

It often feels like violence.

Enshitifiction. It makes the line go up.

I actually think a multipurpose digital screen could be quite useful and fun on a refrigerator, not needed or necessary at all but I think in a less enshittified timeline an open source version of this, possibly even an e-ink screen, could actually be nice. It would make far more sense as a whiteboard type object that you attach to your refrigerator though and obviously this entire concept is predatory on so many levels it is mindboggling.. but the idea of having a sort of communal digital screen on a refrigerator isn't a bad idea itself I don't think as hard as it is to imagine a reality where an appliance like this was designed in good faith.

And the ultimate outcome of that was, at one point Google enacted some kind of API change which necessitated Samsung to push out an update to remain compatible, otherwise all of your Google enabled features such as the calendar syncing, email, etc. would stop working. Samsung claimed to be developing a patch for this, and ultimately pushed out an update to... only some of their models. For the others, their response was literally just, "We recommend you buy a newer refrigerator."

Yes, this actually happened.

But since that was going on for ten years ago now, information about it on the Internet is a trifle difficult to find because the search results have largely been overshadowed by Samsung's more recent smart fridge fuckup. Grand.

Never buy a Samsung appliance.

Because you must consooooooooom. Don't think, just spend. See shiny "useful" feature, open wallet.

The burning question on the hearts and minds of everyone who isn't a complete dolt since these things came out

So they can show you ads. Obviously 😌

I keep racking my brain on this one. Unless it's doing advanced things like automatically tracking fridge inventory and helping build shopping lists, there's literally no point. Analog controls work fine, even for fancier fridges with integrated ice makers.

why does anything aside from a computer?

'need'? It doesn't.

Possible useful applications? Reporting on anything relevant to the fridge (temps., power consumption, water level, maintenance reminders, usage tracking etc...)

Other than that I can't think of anything other than 'bragging rights.

How long till stuff starts working on mobile game logic?

Next free fridge door unlock:
02:59:58

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⏩ Watch an ad to unlock early

Ew. I'd build an ice box or live out of coolers.

I just find it astonishing that Samsung still makes appliances... Considering how awful they are at doing it, and how much money they have to lose for the dozen+ warranty repair visits they inevitably have before ultimately refunding the device.

Maybe thats why they have screens, So their appliance division can finally turn profit by advertising you until their device dies

Ads. That’s the benefit. That’s the only possible one.

I don't like anything on the fridge door including water and ice dispensers. Love the water dispensers inside the fridge

Being able to see the contents without the inefficiency of opening the door or having the problems of a translucent door or doing admin work could be cool. But now I hate them too. So glad we have no "connected" kitchen gear yet except Tasmota switch and power monitoring sockets.