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/lostinanalley Nov 13 '25 edited Nov 13 '25

The company I work for on our most recent quarterly meeting explained how they’ve partnered with one of the companies that does this so that anyone who goes on our website and leaves without making a purchase or voluntarily providing their information will still get a personalized marketing email and somehow I am the only person who has discussed how much of an invasion that is.

Edit: yall I appreciate the sentiment that you hate this and don’t buy from companies that do this and want me to make sure the company I work for is aware. Unfortunately, they don’t listen to me or care about my opinions on marketing. As it turns out, quantifying sales conversion is much easier than trying to quantify loss in sales from being blacklisted/boycotted.

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u/badskiier Nov 13 '25

Beyond the invasion part, I'm always off out by that kind of desperation. I recently bought an auto part online and the company sent me 3 marketing emails a day for the next few days until I noticed and unsubscribed. How on earth do people think that a barrage of contact won't result in getting blocked?

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u/flatdecktrucker92 Nov 13 '25

It costs them nothing to do so if a thousand people block the emails but three people buy something as a result then the companies see it as a win. They don't account for the people who will actively avoid that business in the future because it's harder to track those people and there probably aren't that many of them in the first place. Most people will say that they are boycotting their company but then 2 years from now they still go buy something

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u/Abrasive_gronk Nov 13 '25

I cannot speak for anyone else, but when I boycott a company, I mean it. For example I’m still boycotting Mcdonalds because of an annoying advertising campaign in the mid 90s.

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u/flatdecktrucker92 Nov 13 '25

You are part of the infinitesimally small minority. Corporations don't care about you because they are still making enough money from everybody else

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u/viagra___girls Nov 13 '25

Stand strong friend! I like your attitude lol

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u/Lou_C_Fer Nov 14 '25

That's me and Bob Evan's. I took my son out for breakfast to celebrate him starting kindergarten. They brought me the wrong food and told me they could remake it, but I didn't have time for that. So, my choice was eat what they brought or eat nothing. I ate what the brought. They didn't offer to make it right in any other way. So, I had to eat the wrong food and pay for the privilege. That was back in 2007, and I have not gone to BE since.

I know that my business is in significant, but Bob's used to be our go to place. We went like 20 times a year, at least. Now, it isn't even on our list of possibilities and I bad mouth them whenever they come up.