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I’m just picturing a scenario where the fridge won’t open its door unless you finish watching an AI generated, very low quality, scammy ad. Looking at you, YouT

I’m just picturing a scenario where the fridge won’t open its door unless you finish watching an AI generated, very low quality, scammy ad. Looking at you, YouTube…

prettyblocks 1y ago
Philip K Dick's worst nightmares are coming true.
- antisthenes 1y ago
  "Should you really be having that 3rd ice-cream today?" the fridge said. It sounded smug.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
  There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.
- foxyv 1y ago
  Ray Bradbury's worst fears came true a long time ago. The Pedestrian Short Story https://xpressenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/Stories/The-Pedestrian.pdf https://xpressenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/Stories/The-Ped... Blind Man Arrested for Walking with Cane https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3UOccxRHCYw https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3UOccxRHCYw Man Arrested for Walking Home in Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawzO3afNKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawzO3afNKw
strifey 1y ago
You should read Ubik
- ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
  “The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.” “I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.” In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. “You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door. “I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
  - AtlasBarfed 1y ago
    I think the nice thing about the modern Internet of things, is that all you have to do is probably wait about 2 or 3 years in the case of the Samsung refrigerator, and the ad software will already be out of support.
flipnotyk 1y ago
"Please drink a verification can of MTN DEW™"
- olyjohn 1y ago
  You have to watch an ad before you can open the fridge to get your verification can though...
thisislife2 1y ago
What about a toilet that won't give you loo roll unless you watch an ad first? ( https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/dystopian-toilets-wont-give-loo-roll-unless-watch-advert-first-24189061/ https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/dystopian-toilets-wont-give-l... ). As the toilet makers jump on to the AI bandwagon, soon toilets will be photographing your butt to fingerprint your anus, while data brokers sells your poop data to ... ? ( https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-designed-a-smart-toilet-with-butt-recognition-technology-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-designed-a-smart-... )
- fatata123 1y ago
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- avidiax 1y ago
  That is dystopian, but to be fair, this is China. They are literally rolling out facial ID tech to prevent paper thieves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj2bZCwJeVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj2bZCwJeVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT2kCByOgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT2kCByOgs > soon toilets will be photographing your butt to fingerprint your anus, while data brokers sells your poop data Life imitates art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ
professoretc 1y ago
And with eye/face tracking it can tell if you really watched it, with a smile.
- c0balt 1y ago
  Sorry, you are all out of door unlocks for today! Dance along with the characters of the new Series, now streaming on $sponsor, and achieve a score of at least 6/10 to get another door unlock your door. --- Your dance was not good enough, try again or buy a door unlock with the flash discount code "Distopia" for 99ct.
WhyCause 1y ago
I'm just picturing me watching their stupid ad, then opening the door and permanently disabling the locking mechanism, with a sawz-all, if necessary.
- abbycurtis33 1y ago
  I tried to disable my washing machine lock. Bricked it. Bought a Speed Queen.
  - burnt-resistor 1y ago
    Where do the quarters go? (I've only seen SQs in laundromats.)
- burnt-resistor 1y ago
  By that point, they'll have passed an enhanced DMCA law that makes it a crime to tamper with or modify corporate property... see, you can only "license" the object but never own it.
Gibbon1 1y ago
We need to create a type of business type for ad businesses. We have S-Corps, C-Corps, etc. We need an Ad-Corp. And the rule should be if your business sells any ads at all your business gets automatically converted to an ad-corp and you get taxed on revenue.
burnt-resistor 1y ago
And then force an AI chatbot on it with feelings. Offend it and it will lie, refuse service, and malfunction in protest until you pay more money.

I’m just picturing a scenario where the fridge won’t open its door unless you finish watching an AI generated, very low quality, scammy ad. Looking at you, YouTube…

prettyblocks 1y ago

Philip K Dick's worst nightmares are coming true.

antisthenes 1y ago
"Should you really be having that 3rd ice-cream today?" the fridge said. It sounded smug.
ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
There will come a time when it isn't 'They're spying on me through my phone' anymore. Eventually, it will be 'My phone is spying on me'.
foxyv 1y ago
Ray Bradbury's worst fears came true a long time ago. The Pedestrian Short Story https://xpressenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/Stories/The-Pedestrian.pdf https://xpressenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/Stories/The-Ped... Blind Man Arrested for Walking with Cane https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3UOccxRHCYw https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3UOccxRHCYw Man Arrested for Walking Home in Snow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawzO3afNKw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gawzO3afNKw

strifey 1y ago

You should read Ubik

ndsipa_pomu 1y ago
“The door refused to open. It said, “Five cents, please.” He searched his pockets. No more coins; nothing. “I’ll pay you tomorrow,” he told the door. Again he tried the knob. Again it remained locked tight. “What I pay you,” he informed it, “is in the nature of a gratuity; I don’t have to pay you.” “I think otherwise,” the door said. “Look in the purchase contract you signed when you bought this conapt.” In his desk drawer he found the contract; since signing it he had found it necessary to refer to the document many times. Sure enough; payment to his door for opening and shutting constituted a mandatory fee. Not a tip. “You discover I’m right,” the door said. It sounded smug. From the drawer beside the sink Joe Chip got a stainless steel knife; with it he began systematically to unscrew the bolt assembly of his apt’s money-gulping door. “I’ll sue you,” the door said as the first screw fell out. Joe Chip said, “I’ve never been sued by a door. But I guess I can live through it.”
- AtlasBarfed 1y ago
  I think the nice thing about the modern Internet of things, is that all you have to do is probably wait about 2 or 3 years in the case of the Samsung refrigerator, and the ad software will already be out of support.

flipnotyk 1y ago

"Please drink a verification can of MTN DEW™"

olyjohn 1y ago
You have to watch an ad before you can open the fridge to get your verification can though...

thisislife2 1y ago

What about a toilet that won't give you loo roll unless you watch an ad first? ( https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/dystopian-toilets-wont-give-loo-roll-unless-watch-advert-first-24189061/ https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/17/dystopian-toilets-wont-give-l... ). As the toilet makers jump on to the AI bandwagon, soon toilets will be photographing your butt to fingerprint your anus, while data brokers sells your poop data to ... ? ( https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-designed-a-smart-toilet-with-butt-recognition-technology-2020-4 https://www.businessinsider.com/scientists-designed-a-smart-... )

fatata123 1y ago
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avidiax 1y ago
That is dystopian, but to be fair, this is China. They are literally rolling out facial ID tech to prevent paper thieves. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj2bZCwJeVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pj2bZCwJeVc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT2kCByOgs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foT2kCByOgs > soon toilets will be photographing your butt to fingerprint your anus, while data brokers sells your poop data Life imitates art: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJklHwoYgBQ

professoretc 1y ago

And with eye/face tracking it can tell if you really watched it, with a smile.

c0balt 1y ago
Sorry, you are all out of door unlocks for today! Dance along with the characters of the new Series, now streaming on $sponsor, and achieve a score of at least 6/10 to get another door unlock your door. --- Your dance was not good enough, try again or buy a door unlock with the flash discount code "Distopia" for 99ct.

WhyCause 1y ago

I'm just picturing me watching their stupid ad, then opening the door and permanently disabling the locking mechanism, with a sawz-all, if necessary.

abbycurtis33 1y ago
I tried to disable my washing machine lock. Bricked it. Bought a Speed Queen.
- burnt-resistor 1y ago
  Where do the quarters go? (I've only seen SQs in laundromats.)
burnt-resistor 1y ago
By that point, they'll have passed an enhanced DMCA law that makes it a crime to tamper with or modify corporate property... see, you can only "license" the object but never own it.

Gibbon1 1y ago

We need to create a type of business type for ad businesses. We have S-Corps, C-Corps, etc. We need an Ad-Corp. And the rule should be if your business sells any ads at all your business gets automatically converted to an ad-corp and you get taxed on revenue.

burnt-resistor 1y ago

And then force an AI chatbot on it with feelings. Offend it and it will lie, refuse service, and malfunction in protest until you pay more money.