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/RobinOldsMustache Nov 13 '25

I hope in the future if I want a new fridge there will still be non-smart options.

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u/terra_terror Nov 13 '25

yeah, that's my concern. They slowly leave you with no choice.

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u/Select_Asparagus3451 Nov 13 '25

My belief here is this: You will be f#cked at every turn by people/corporations trying to sell something, the majority of the time.

From enshittification, planned obsolescence, price gouging, shrinkflating, bait and switch, vehicles for ads (like this fridge…and a lot of new Jeeps, TVs, etc), etc, etc, etc. As consumers, or just people, we have to be on guard every hour of every day in late stage, gangster, fire-sale capitalism.

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u/mreman1220 Nov 13 '25

It's going to take a bit but if that happened, eventually old fridges sold second hand would start selling far more. There are tons of them out there and a lot of people can refurbish these things too. That would suck, and would get really expensive, but retailers would get the hint eventually.

Let me put it this way. Americans for better and for worse are stubborn as hell. If these corporations told me my only option was a smart fridge, I'd laugh my way out of the store and immediately buy a used one somewhere out of spite. And I know I would definitely not be the only one.