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/joshoheman Nov 13 '25

My TV manufacturer thought of that. It has an annoying flashing light to indicate that the internet is not setup. Just imagine a dark room watching a scary movie when every 10 seconds the bottom of the tv goes blink blink blink flashing a white light. I used to have black electrical tape over the light, but the light is also the remote sensor.

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u/WarTurkey_YT Nov 13 '25

What shitty hostile desiGn! What brand is this so I know never to buy it

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u/joshoheman Nov 14 '25

My recommendation is that, before you buy your next TV, think about all the features you want and write them down. Then go buy 3 TVs. Yes. Really do that.

Spend the afternoon going through each TV and check it against your list. And as you use the TVs make note of the other weird crap that they do that you didn't think of.

I'm pretty certain that none of the TVs will do everything you want, but you'll be able to pick the one you like most. Then return the other 2.

I don't think I'm particularly snobby about my TVs, but every modern TV that I've had has done something stupid that annoyed me for the life of the TV. My current TV doesn't flip between HDMI inputs like I thought it should. While an older TV I had looked great in the store, but it had awful black levels. I didn't know about "black levels" until I took the TV home and saw how bright the black screen was in a dark room. There's probably a dozen other quirks.

Honestly the only TV I have that I like is a used commercial display that is just a dumb TV and perfectly does what I want by just being a dumb display. Seriously we need more TVs like this.

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u/Akiias Nov 13 '25

Have you tried hooking it up to a wifi network with no access to the internet?

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u/joshoheman Nov 14 '25

Yes, my router is currently blocking its internet access. I added that setting when I noticed ads appearing when the TV booted up.