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.
We we considering a samsung fridge among our options when we needed one a few months ago. Ended up going with a brand with higher reliability ratings (for reference, that’s most other brands, according to consumer reports anyway). But man, don’t I regret it now. I could have paid for the privilege of having ads playing in my kitchen at all times (at least until the fridge broke), what a missed opportunity.
I have been telling my wife since we got married that we will not be buying Samsung appliances. I’ll pay twice as much for anything else.
When we went to buy a new washer and dryer the sales guy really hyped up the wifi connectivity and all the extra features you get with a Samsung washer. The point that I will only ever be near my washer and dryer when I need to use it seemed to fly so far over his head her couldn’t see it with the naked eye.
At no point in the last 5 years with these appliances have either I, or my wife, even thought about the washer while we weren’t literally standing in front of it. Let alone needed it to have an Internet connection.
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.
“Sorry, setting your oven to 200C requires Pro Mode Subscription. If you also want fast start, upgrade to our Premium Tier. Anyway, here’s a 2 minute ad before we heat your food.”
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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.
We we considering a samsung fridge among our options when we needed one a few months ago. Ended up going with a brand with higher reliability ratings (for reference, that’s most other brands, according to consumer reports anyway). But man, don’t I regret it now. I could have paid for the privilege of having ads playing in my kitchen at all times (at least until the fridge broke), what a missed opportunity.
I have been telling my wife since we got married that we will not be buying Samsung appliances. I’ll pay twice as much for anything else.
When we went to buy a new washer and dryer the sales guy really hyped up the wifi connectivity and all the extra features you get with a Samsung washer. The point that I will only ever be near my washer and dryer when I need to use it seemed to fly so far over his head her couldn’t see it with the naked eye.
At no point in the last 5 years with these appliances have either I, or my wife, even thought about the washer while we weren’t literally standing in front of it. Let alone needed it to have an Internet connection.
Samsung not understanding consent - if they can’t say “no” that doesn’t make it okay.
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]()
Time to post my favorite Silicon Valley clip
Samsung puts ads in all their stuff. Dont buy a samsung product with a screen outside of their phones
*Including their phones
*Ironically not including their ‘signage displays’ (ie. displays that are for displaying… advertising)
Why!?
At least it enhances every day value for the customer!
Ugh.
Yay capitalism!
Next up, fridge subscriptions. Sorry, but you need a pro subscription to cool more than 10 products!
“Sorry, setting your oven to 200C requires Pro Mode Subscription. If you also want fast start, upgrade to our Premium Tier. Anyway, here’s a 2 minute ad before we heat your food.”
I think that’s covered by the water filter mechanism.