They won't. Smart devices tend to be cheap because the manufacturer is double-dipping by selling telemetry and advertising.

> 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.

Just 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:

Please drink a verification can.

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Millions of people sit through minutes of the worst ads I've ever seen to watch mr beast exploit homeless people. We're boned.

How 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.

I subscribe. I earn a decent amount working in tech, I’m more than happy to pay for content.

Use Firefox or Zen browser with uBlock Origin. I never see ads on Youtube anymore.

Sprinkle some SponsorBlock on top and you're golden.

i use the rss feed of the channels i am subscribed to and download the videos i want to watch with yt-dlp. i may browse the homepage every so often but i just copy the links and download them.

Pay for it, no YT ads in many, many years for me

It 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.

We noticed you have Coca-Cola in your refrigerator... please enjoy this Pepsi ad and this QR code for 25% off your next purchase.

I'll never ever buy a 'smart' appliance. I'll go caveman first. Keeping food cold and/or cooking it does not require the Internet.

Even 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.)

Or import one yourself

Neither. 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.

It's probably work like IMDb does on your phone. All ads are piped through the same domain as useful data.

“Looks like you have an ad-blocker. Disable it to reactivate cooling.”