imagine paying 2k for a fridge just because it has a screen and stupid smart shit. basic fridge please and thank you.
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I’m clinging to my “dumb” fridge for dear life
Any "ads" that appear on my fridge will be because I was given a $2000 fridge free by the company. Only idiots pay for appliances/services that include ads.
Here’s what they look like on my fridge:
I would not buy appliances with ads,
I would not buy them, Sam-I-Am.
I would not buy them here or there. I would not buy them anywhere. I do not like appliances with ads. I do not like them Sam-I-Am.
Not in my house
Not in a flat
Don't make me grouse
I do not want that!
That's the main issue here. This fridge didn't show ads when people bought it.
So buying things that don't show ads isn't enough. You need to only buy things that don't get updates.
Yeah, that just makes this so sinister.
What I mean is that my fridge doesn’t have a screen. So if Panasonic decided to show me ads on a fridge where the most complicated feature is the ice maker, that would be a neat trick.
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No they won't, because I'm not stupid enough to buy a ridiculously overpriced fridge.
Opt out is idiotic. Don't buy this shit! You to not own it. What fuckwit dumbass rents a fridge someone else controls for $2k. I bet it has a camera inside to sell grocers a list of what to mark up for your custom pricing nonsense because you bought a billboard that screams I'm a gullible moron with more money than sense.
I need my refridgerator to be a box.
A box that gets cold inside.
Thats it. Just a cold box.
I just wish I could buy a cold box, a hot box, a spinny-arm water box and a spinny-drum water box without computer chips in them at all.
So we need a robust, failsafe open source motor controller with minimal firmware or just heavy duty relays and analog timers.
It needs a brain, but only enough to record the cycles from the factory controller and then replay them after replacement.
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Guess what they look like on my 250 Dollar dumb fridge.
I can even keep my food chilled with it. Plus I can freeze stuff. Even has a light when I open the door. Super practical. You guys should come see it!
Repo it please, I will simply use salt to preserve my food
I can't think of a single thing on a fridge that needs to be smart.
ads
its the same people that bought the 2k beds, and aws froze and heated up the beds.
Not 2k beds. 2k bed covers. You still needed your own bed.
I thought I read about beds also being stuck in a reclined position.
That version is significantly more expensive. Still requires you to bring your own mattress lol
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But can it run Linux
It already does. Samsung's Tizen OS these things run is Linux based, albeit at this point broadly in the same sense that Android is.
can't wait for the ice dispenser dlc
It’s already a subscription model called a water filter.
Since it's a Samsung ice dispenser, that's a recurring charge: Service calls.
(Seriously though, I'll never buy another Samsung appliance after my experience with that fridge's ice dispenser)
Every day an open source initiative for applicances makes more sense
The widget will appear by default on the fridges as part of the software update. However, Samsung is giving users the option to turn off ads. To do this, go to the Settings page on the fridge, scroll to Advertisements, select it, and you’ll be taken to a screen where you can toggle off ads.
This will remove the widget entirely. If you think you might actually like the widget’s other features (calendar, weather, and news), you can “X” out a particular ad, and it won’t pop up again. But then you’ll get another ad.
No that's what the front of my fridge will never look like, no matter my net worth. I will never buy a smart refrigerator, certainly not this model from Samsung!
I would like to know why anyone would go out and buy a smart fridge. What amazing feature does it have that you cannot be without? I seriously don't get it.
One thing I heard of that would be handy is cameras in the fridge so while out shopping you can check if you already have stuff or how much is left (depending on the container)
Does that work though because I can't imagine you get a very good angle on things unless there's multiple cameras and you get a composite image one for each shelf.
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It's a way of showing one's wealth (and peak dunnig-krugger status when it comes to technology) to visits?!
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