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I'd heard that Samsung fridges with LCD screens (who needs a screen on the fridge?!) was displaying ads now. What I didn't know before this article is that, for now at least, users can turn them off.
I still won't buy a Samsung fridge with and LCD because, well, I have zero interest in owning a fridge with and LCD, but also because like the Stellantis cars recently, they may make the ads mandatory in the future.
Advertisers need them. Any benefit to consumers is a manufactured or convenient excuse to force you to watch even more ads.
Ads work and the more you see, the more they work. Ads are a mental health hazard and a public safety crisis that nobody ever takes seriously.
Not all products work by selling ad space. It is certainly a seductive revenue stream for companies, which is why many shoehorn in ads into any product that can possibly support them.
And where you at least able to mentally defend against ads.