I have a fridge in my garage that my mother wanted to throw away. No ice or water dispenser, no french doors, no digital displays or buttons, no smart features… My beer is just as cold as anyone else’s.

That a market exists for this kind of horseshit confounds me. Want a big fridge? Sure. Fancy color to match your cabinets? Makes sense, I suppose. Ice dispenser? Yeah, that’s cool. Beeps when the door is left open too long? Actually kinda handy.

Adding a surveillance device that’s loaded with ads and serves no practical purpose while simultaneously being yet another over priced, sloppily designed, and poorly built subsystem that can break is so ludicrously inane that it can only be a sign of the further decline of western civilization.

These appliances are grossly overpriced to begin with. Then they added a tablet for reasons which entirely escape me (as a consumer). But the business idiot reigns supreme and they “saw a market opportunity”.

I’d like to think nobody would ever buy a second Samsung “smart” fridge but unfortunately I don’t think this will register for most people.

I was at a party last weekend and they had one, the resolution on the screen is terrible too, it looked really stupid.

I’m not sure about the thought processes that lead somebody to buy such a thing so I can’t comment on feelings, but I imagine this is somewhat frustrating, though I imagine this would have to be half-expected given the way of the world

I should make a commercial plug and go pi-hole firewall to block the ad feed for these pieces of shit. I bet people would give me a few dollars of profit for the convenience.

I will never own a smart appliance. Fuck that shit.