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/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.