Enshittification

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The phenomenon of online platforms gradually degrading the quality of their services, often by promoting advertisements and sponsored content, in order to increase profits. (Cory Doctorow, 2022, extracted from Wikitionary) source

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Samsung brings ads to US fridges (www.theverge.com)

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A software update rolling out to Samsung’s Family Hub refrigerators in the US is putting ads on the fridges for the first time. The “promotions and curated advertisements” are coming despite Samsung insisting to The Verge in April that it had “no plans” to do so

Samsung is calling it a pilot program for now, which — I kid you not — is meant to “strengthen the value” of owning a Samsung smart fridge

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[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 19 points 4 days ago (5 children)

I currently stand 5-10feet back from the gas pump that trys to force me to listen to garbage ads... never will I buy a fridge that has a tv

[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago

I never return to those stations and I leave a review so others know theyll be forced ads

[–] viral.vegabond@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Never have I wanted to sabotage something so badly...

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 days ago

I refuse to listen to anything companies tell me. I consider them all liars, frauds and thieves.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Am I the only one that has their ears hurt by the excessive volume of the ads? I can't go back because they hurt. It's abnoxious.

[–] waz@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I do the same, but I just pull about 5-10 feet past the pump so it's not even in my line of site.

[–] krashmo@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

8 buttons (4 left and 4 right), second from the top on the right side is the mute button