Comment by verdverm
1 month ago
Hopefully DNS level ad blocking will help here, and even more hopefully consumers will reject smart appliances. I'd never buy one
1 month ago
Hopefully DNS level ad blocking will help here, and even more hopefully consumers will reject smart appliances. I'd never buy one
They won't. Smart devices tend to be cheap because the manufacturer is double-dipping by selling telemetry and advertising.
> Smart devices tend to be cheap because the manufacturer is double-dipping by selling telemetry and advertising.
I wouldn't call a "$1,899 to $3,499" fridge cheap.
Just wait till you have to watch N adds before the door will unlock. And good luck getting it open in a power/internet outage :lol:
Please drink a verification can.
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Millions of people sit through minutes of the worst ads I've ever seen to watch mr beast exploit homeless people. We're boned.
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We noticed you have Coca-Cola in your refrigerator... please enjoy this Pepsi ad and this QR code for 25% off your next purchase.
I'll never ever buy a 'smart' appliance. I'll go caveman first. Keeping food cold and/or cooking it does not require the Internet.
Even the unnecessary microcontrollers in modern devices irk me. A fridge does not need a microcontroller. (My issue is primarily repairability - discrete components can be sourced and replaced, microcontrollers with the correct programming usually cannot.)
Or import one yourself
Neither. In a world where everyone is trying to be more eco conscious, it seems like a joke that manufacturers are slapping screens on the most menial of things.
It's probably work like IMDb does on your phone. All ads are piped through the same domain as useful data.
“Looks like you have an ad-blocker. Disable it to reactivate cooling.”