Source: Reddit post— Private front-end.
Samsung Statement to Android Authority:
Samsung is committed to innovation and enhancing every day value for our home appliance customers. As part of our ongoing efforts to strengthen that value, we are conducting a pilot program to offer promotions and curated advertisements on certain Samsung Family Hub refrigerator models in the U.S. market.
As a part of this pilot program, Family Hub refrigerators in the U.S. will receive an over-the-network (OTN) software update with Terms of Service (T&C) and Privacy Notice (PN). Advertising will appear on certain Family Hub refrigerator Cover Screens. 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.
Advertisements can be dismissed on the Cover Screens where ads are shown, meaning that specific ads will not appear again during the campaign period.
And the most infuriating thing is the shitty "Later" or "Update" thing. Corpos are fucking allergic to "No"
As Louis rossmann says, they have a rapist mentality
I like to put it this way:
"This is a customer, not a rational human being! Stop treating it as human! It doesn't even understand simple orders, you tell it «buy it» and it doesn't! You need to condition and tame those things - smear the same message over and over on its snout until it swallows it, like a dog."
What "no?" There is only "Ask me later."
Sometimes there's a "no" and might even be a "don't ask me again" checkbox. These are usually just more dishonest variations of "ask me later" though.