Samsung Family Hub fridges will start showing adds to "Elevate" Home Ecosystem

Re:Samsung Family Hub fridges will start showing adds to "El... by pndy on Sunday November 09, 2025 @01:11PM (#45867654)

I think they may go the easier way first: with online only OOBE where you cannot access all tv features until you acknowledge and accept the "legal" stuff first.

You know, bit like Microsoft forces you to create online account after installation is done

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Re:Samsung Family Hub fridges will start showing adds to "El... by miki123211 on Sunday November 09, 2025 @02:26PM (#45868355)

There's always going to be enough of a "dumb TV" market among the elderly / linear-only / no internet crowd to make that an extremely bad idea.

Sure, some (high-end) TVs might do this, but definitely not all of them.

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Re:Samsung Family Hub fridges will start showing adds to "El... by josephg on Sunday November 09, 2025 @05:40PM (#45869936)

Dumb tvs exist today; they just sell for a premium to make up for the lost adtech sales revenue.

I suspect this will continue. Ads and no privacy for poor people. The wealthy & well educated will have tvs that don’t spy on them.

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