A Pluribus ad displayed on a Samsung smart fridge led a UK woman to seek hospital care for a psychotic episode.
I wonder if that woman’s name was Carol. It would be very unsettling to not know it was an ad, not know the context of said ad, and especially so if the ad is seemingly addressing you by name. Not to mention that the woman in the article was already diagnosed with schizophrenia.
I mean if my fridge showed me an ad I’d also become a threat to the safety of the capital class
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.
The only source for this is a Reddit post. The only news outlets carrying this story are tabloids.
unless the user disabled ads on the fridge
Smart anything actually means:
“Ha! We can show consumers more ads on our products!” - corporate CEO.This story is bullshit. Likely clever advertising.
Nothing says “buy a new fridge” like talking up its psychosis inducing ads.
