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  • wondrous_strange@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    1 day ago

    “Smart” fridges are the dumbest shit ever; given that, pi hole or some ad blocking DNS? Block access to Samsung servers?

    Don’t understand people who are willing to let all that data pass through 3rd party servers

      • njordomir@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Perhaps they’ll be talking via a giant mesh of your neighbors doorbells, fridges, and televisions. Wouldn’t that be fucked up? Maybe they’ll stream to the police drones patrolling your neighborhood.

        I always wondered how an “ad-supported” Kindle would show new ads on the home screen if you only transfer books via USB and never connect via WiFi or wireless? Does it just reuse the old ads? How will the fridge do it?

        • krooklochurm@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          This is where it’s going, I think.

          You’ll need to use wifi if you want any online functionality out of the device but it’ll communicate on its own via cellular for ads and any metrics literally whoever the fuck wants.

          As long as a business is able to make more from ads and selling your data than whatever the wireless fees they pay are it makes business sense. It’s fucking evil and a dystopian nightmare but it makes business sense.

      • wondrous_strange@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        14 hours ago

        How will that work? Will they cover the subscription fee for the sim anywhere in the world? Or do you mean the fridge owners will cover it?

        • krooklochurm@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          8 hours ago

          In cars the car companies pay the costs.

          I’m assuming they negotiate bulk discounts with mobile carriers to buy SIM cards en masse.

          The same would be the case in any other appliance.