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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by adgjlsfhk1 on Monday May 30, 2022 @07:36AM (#31557932)
I don't think that's an ad. I think Google just knows that a giant restaurant sign is a lot easier to see than a tiny street sign
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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by fartcannon on Monday May 30, 2022 @09:47AM (#31558903)
Can't it be both? Google's entire career is combining something useful (gmail) with something shady (reading your emails to sell ads).

This sounds exactly like that.

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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by antsar on Monday May 30, 2022 @09:11AM (#31558603)
You really think no money changes hands to power this feature? The last ~decade of tech teaches one to assume otherwise…
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Re:I disabled WiFi on the new Samsung fridge by gruez on Monday May 30, 2022 @08:26AM (#31558263)
True, but instructions based on intersection features are better than both. Apple maps does this with instructions like "go past this light then at the next one turn right"
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