Nobody Wanted This: Samsung Fridges are Getting Ads
upstart writes:
Nobody Wanted This: Samsung Fridges Are Getting Ads:
If your home is your temple-the last place where you can escape the blasted outside landscape of billboards, screen ads, bus ads, train ads, and TV ads-know that the Mongol horde of advertising is looking to break down your fortress walls. Samsung's new agenda for its smart home includes sticking ads into its ultra-expensive refrigerators with screens. Don't worry, you can dismiss some of those ads, but the only way to get rid of them completely is to disconnect your fridge from the internet.
Android Authority first spotted changes in the latest firmware update that is pushing ads to some users as part of a "pilot program." In a statement sent to Gizmodo, Samsung said that ads would appear on "certain Family Hub refrigerator cover screens" when the fridge is idle. Users will be able to dismiss the ads, and they won't appear again while the ad campaign is ongoing. The pilot program will start in September and last for several months, though "[f]uture plans will depend on the results of the pilot program."
"Advertising will appear on certain Family Hub refrigerator Cover Screens," the company wrote in an email statement. "The Cover Screen appears when a Family Hub screen is idle. Ad design format may change depending on Family Hub personalization options for the Cover Screen, and advertising will not appear when Cover Screen displays Art Mode or picture albums."
[Editor's Comment: Over to you, what are your forecasts for the most annoying places for ads to be forced upon you in the future - the loo perhaps, or your bedroom ceiling?-JR]
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