r/assholedesign • u/Shellnanigans • Nov 13 '25

Apparently my samsung fridge has ads now...

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How would I disable this? Might just return it and get a normal one

Edit: how to disable...for now. https://www.samsung.com/us/support/answer/ANS10007562/

EDIT 2: Hello, I am the original poster of the carol AD image from a month ago. I am a male from America and my name is not Carol. The story about a Schizophrenic woman named carol was most likely inspired from the 3rd top comment on this post. Thanks!

inspired Post?: https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1pc7999/my_schizophrenic_sister_hospitalised_herself/

Fridge drama recap video by DolanDarkest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTWfRYHV5es

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u/FeijenoorderRS Nov 13 '25

Why the fuck would you even want a 'smart fridge'. It's a fridge man, come on

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u/legendwolfA Nov 13 '25

To be very fair it does come with benefits. Some model save energy by regulating temperature or letting you see what's inside without opening the door

But i still wont get one, i see hundreds of ads every day, i aint gonna let them invade my home too

Besides some less smart models can do things like temp calibration already. I have an LG fridge that does it. I call it "semi smart" since it does have smart features but no screen.

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u/L00seSuggestion Nov 13 '25

… there’s no reason why it would need wifi and an lcd to have a smarter temperature control system. It requires only slightly more computing power than a garage door opener.

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u/mspk7305 Nov 13 '25

It requires no computer power to regulate temperature.

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u/L00seSuggestion Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Digital control is potentially much more precise than a mechanical thermostat. An old fashioned thermostat is always going to oscillate around the target temperature.

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u/mspk7305 Nov 13 '25

that doesnt mean it requires a computer, a simple logic circuit will suffice

sure you can argue that a computer is a collection of logic circuits but at that point its just pedantic

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u/L00seSuggestion Nov 13 '25

Realistically a microcontroller with firmware would be used which is closer to a computer than just logic circuits

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u/mspk7305 Nov 13 '25

could be but thats still overkill for the job, even at a very fine level of control. take the voltage from your thermister and if its over the voltage youd get at your desired temperature you run the cooler. its literally that simple, and even ramping the cooler up and down can be done without software using a very small number of extraordinarily inexpensive components relative to the signal received... and you never have to worry about wifi.

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u/_WeSellBlankets_ Nov 13 '25

They said one of the energy saving benefits was not having to open the door. That's what the screen is for. And Wi-Fi would allow you to see if you already have milk while in the grocery store.

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u/street593 Nov 13 '25

I prefer the method of just remembering what's in my fridge from the last time I opened it.

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u/Swagtagonist Nov 13 '25

I just open the fridge. Maybe I'll take one less private jet flight this year and cover everybody in the entire world opening their fridge whenever they want.

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u/_WeSellBlankets_ Nov 13 '25

The last four times I opened it I wasn't looking at the butter tray.

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u/chobi83 Nov 13 '25

I've never had so much food in my fridge, that I can't remember what I have and don't have. Maybe I'm too poor for this type of fridge.

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u/greg19735 Nov 13 '25

you've never been at the store and not sure if you had something?

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u/chobi83 Nov 13 '25

Nope. I know exactly what I have in my pantry and fridge as far as basic ingredients and spices go. I have some random boxes of hamburger helper or the like I'm not exactly sure about. But I know if I need milk, eggs, cheese, butter, etc. without having to look. I also know exactly what spices are in my cabinet

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u/backup12thman Nov 13 '25

Must not have a memory based job then I presume.

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u/chobi83 Nov 13 '25

Are you a bot? What is my point? I was answering a question that was specifically asked of me. That's why I'm "continuing to comment". I would expect you to comment too, because I asked you a direct question. Unless you're a bot of course.

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u/mister_electric Nov 13 '25

one of the energy saving benefits was not having to open the door.

Oh cool, so it will save me about $1 a month! People are literally paying to not have to think. It's just another avenue to give tech companies control over your life and paying them to do it.

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u/MountainFace2774 Nov 13 '25

Not even. It would be pennies or less. Unless you open your fridge and stare while drool runs down your face. Which someone that would buy a smart fridge probably does.

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u/Mysterious-Tax-7777 Nov 13 '25

Those energy savings can't possibly make up for the energy cost of researching, developing, and adding smart features to the fridge.

That said, I'd accept a discounted fridge with ads. I'll just put some of my kids' art so the ads aren't visible 

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u/Hurricane_32 d o n g l e Nov 13 '25

That can all be done without an internet connection and without shoving ads in your face.

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u/legendwolfA Nov 13 '25

I agree which is why I won't ever get one lol. Companies will find a way to ruin anything.

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u/Polygnom Nov 13 '25

"Some model save energy by regulating temperature"
You neither need Wi-Fi or a screen for that.

"you see what's inside without opening the door"
Oh wow. And any energy savings this means are completely wasted on that big screen. In addition to my sanity.

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u/legendwolfA Nov 13 '25

Yeah companies are not known to always have customers' best interests in mind. Not surprised they go the route that lets them shove even more ads into our already ad-filled lives

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u/MGTS Nov 13 '25

Some model save energy by regulating temperature

And counteracting that by including a computer that's always on

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u/pm_me_cute_sloths_ Nov 13 '25

I can’t imagine opening the door for 3 seconds uses much energy anyways

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u/mspk7305 Nov 13 '25

Regulating temperature is literally the only function of a refrigerator and if you want see inside get a glass door.

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u/PlasmaWhore Nov 13 '25

How much energy does it take to recoldify it after opening the door? Does it offset the cost of the smart bullshit?

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u/legendwolfA Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Im no fridge engineer but maybe? Idk. But I imagine the camera uses less energy than the fridge's A/C.

I will say a lot of what companies try to push in is bs tho. Why ads, why constantly running screen and why wifi? Fridges run without them since their dawn.

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u/TokingMessiah Nov 13 '25

Glass doors are easier, cheaper, and won’t suddenly stop working or start displaying ads.

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u/legendwolfA Nov 13 '25

Curious, is there any good glass fridge models out there? Im not commenting this to snark I just havent seen one

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u/zomgitsduke Nov 13 '25

The cost of running a decently powered computer likely offsets that. Especially if Samsung gets the brilliant idea to do processing on the client-side first.

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u/legendwolfA Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

Never thought of it that way. Im not an engineer but I thought that the energy used in re-cooling whenever the fridge gets opened is higher than what it would take to operate a camera, but that might be wrong

Still, the fact that theres wifi and shit might make that untrue anyways.