cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51856491
Here’s how to opt out.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251027141201/https://www.theverge.com/report/806797/samsung-family-hub-smart-fridge-ads-opt-out
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/51856491
Here’s how to opt out.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20251027141201/https://www.theverge.com/report/806797/samsung-family-hub-smart-fridge-ads-opt-out
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.
It’s a way of showing one’s wealth (and peak dunnig-krugger status when it comes to technology) to visits?!
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.
I haven’t tried one, but yeah, I assume multiple cameras and either composite or just letting you switch between them.
And here I am all old-school, just making a list for things.
That’s my partner. I just shop hungry and ask him to check the refrigerator for me while I’m out.
We also have a shared grocery app, which works nicely.
Yeah, me too. But I’m not good at it.
I could see it if it was a screen I get to control, akin to a smart mirror. Fridge door would be a pretty good surface since I’m guaranteed to look at it a couple of times each day.
Other than that, push notifications if the door is open? That’s about the max when it comes to usefulness I can imagine. Is that a problem that requires a connected device? No, probably not.
However, depending on the model range, it becomes difficult to even get a model that doesn’t have the “smart” features. No one can force you to connect the device though (yet).
They can program it in a way that means it will simply stop cooling your food if it doesn’t have internet(and/or if you haven’t given them permission to send ads to at least one other device) XD
It has been my general experience over the years that with just about all electronics devices with “everything and the kitchen sink” in them, you’re actually better off buying functional elements separatelly as discrete devices.
For example, you’re better of with a “dumb” fridge plus a good tablet and something to hang it on the fridge door. Another example is how a “dumb” TV and a TV Media Box separatelly are a better choice than a Smart TV.
This is because those things usually have different technology life-cycles (i.e. the time period were a tablet is expected to remain useful and performant is much less than for a fridge) and some parts are useful on their own and hence are more flexible to use if they’re separate (i.e. a standalone tablet has many more uses than one integrated in a Smart Fridge).
Yea, i pretty mich agree with all your points. Made me think of a situation with my neighbor a few months ago- one of their kids left the fridge door slightly open when they left. I think for a weekend trip or something, just enough that everything had spoiled. Lots of meat, too, so they had a blast with that. Some sort of push notification might have helped or prevented that, but otherwise…nah. Dont need nor want any of that always connected, smart, online, wtf ever mess.
I think you can run DOOM on it
But can it run crysis?
Running Doom on a Linux device with Wayland is not really that much effort once you have a way to execute 3rd party binaries.