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don't blame the victim. nobody asked for this. samsung is taking advantage of their customers.

• wartywhoa23 1y ago
  Nobody bought those at gunpoint. Thinking "alright, here's this beautiful screen to brag about, and here's this cutting edge internet connection to feel connected to the progress, nothing can go wrong, it's developed by a well-intentioned for-profit corporation, get lost, tinfoilhats" is enough of a malicious mindset to warrant the blame. And this is not some fictional attitude, it's the one I heard from a multitude of people on many occasions.
  • GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
    look, i'm not comparing people who buy a stupid fridge with crime victims. but those people are not involved with the ability to push invasive advertising onto the stupid fridge -- it's the profit-motivated assholes who work for the corporation producing the fridge, and the shareholders who let them get away with lying about their intentions. yes, there's some level of expecting to be screwed by a vendor based on past experience, but we should never shift the blame away from the people actually Doing The Bad Thing and we should always hold their feet to the fire before we say "you should have known better, dummy who needs to keep their food and medicine cold and thinks the shiny screen is neat". It's not morally or ethically wrong to think the shiny screen is neat.
  • Gigachad 1y ago
    Seems like they changed the deal post sale to introduce ads. They should be required to offer a full refund or opt out to users who don’t agree.