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Hopefully DNS level ad blocking will help here, and even more hopefully consumers will reject smart appliances. I'd never buy one
by verdverm 1y ago
Hopefully DNS level ad blocking will help here, and even more hopefully consumers will reject smart appliances. I'd never buy one
- OptionOfT 1y agoIt's probably work like IMDb does on your phone. All ads are piped through the same domain as useful data.
- ebbi 1y agoNeither. In a world where everyone is trying to be more eco conscious, it seems like a joke that manufacturers are slapping screens on the most menial of things.
- teeray 1y ago“Looks like you have an ad-blocker. Disable it to reactivate cooling.”
- annoyingnoob 1y agoI'll never ever buy a 'smart' appliance. I'll go caveman first. Keeping food cold and/or cooking it does not require the Internet.
- Ballas 1y agoEven the unnecessary microcontrollers in modern devices irk me. A fridge does not need a microcontroller. (My issue is primarily repairability - discrete components can be sourced and replaced, microcontrollers with the correct programming usually cannot.)
- verdverm 1y agoOr import one yourself
- thesuitonym 1y agoThey won't. Smart devices tend to be cheap because the manufacturer is double-dipping by selling telemetry and advertising.
- pjerem 1y ago> Smart devices tend to be cheap because the manufacturer is double-dipping by selling telemetry and advertising. I wouldn't call a "$1,899 to $3,499" fridge cheap.
- maerF0x0 1y agoJust wait till you have to watch N adds before the door will unlock. And good luck getting it open in a power/internet outage :lol:
- denkmoon 1y agoMillions of people sit through minutes of the worst ads I've ever seen to watch mr beast exploit homeless people. We're boned.
- FridayoLeary 1y agoHow does anyone watch youtube these days? I wouldn't mind seeing an ad or even 2, but it feels like youtube is singling me out for special treatment. I'm not going to watch anything if i'm scared a 30 second ad will interrupt the video.
- Digit-Al 1y agoUse Firefox or Zen browser with uBlock Origin. I never see ads on Youtube anymore.
- abnercoimbre 1y agoSprinkle some SponsorBlock on top and you're golden.
- robinsonb5 1y agoIt might be coincidence, but I've noticed the ads get slightly less obnoxious if I religiously abandon the video and close the browser tab any time the ad is more than 10 seconds long and unskippable. I'm sure they're monitoring closely to see what people will and won't tolerate.