These consumers paid for a product that was very clearly shit the moment they attached AI or 'smart' branding to it.

This is a reminder that, while they are not all equally as responsible as these corporations; the consumer is just as much a part of the problem.

"pay double for smart version, then get fucked."

Previously it was "pay double for same quality but more popular brand". How far advertising has progressed that people sign up for this willingly.

I'll take my dumb gadgets over this smart bs any day, thanks.

Don't buy AI hardware 😂 My god the stupidity.

Samsung has apologized and will send engineers over the Chuseok break.

Yeah? Will those Samsung engineers also replace my spoiled food? Of course not, shame on me for buying an AI fridge I guess

Fuckers

I mean, you bought an AI fridge. That's on you.

A refrigerator should never need an update. Smart appliances are the stupidest shit I ever heard of. A refrigerator should not need anything but an outlet and maybe a water connection.

Never buy Samsung appliances.

What is the benifit of AI in devices like fridges, washing machines and dish washers? We've had these devices for years now, even a 40 year old machine works flawlessly, just uses a bit excessive power. A fridge needs to cool, a washing machine needs to clean. They don't need to do anything else, and they did this perfectly when we didn't have AI.

So to my understanding, AI implemented into these machines is just a way to make it more expensive to buy, adds the option for a subscription for constant income acting as a paywall, gives the opportunity to hoard loads of data from the customers and makes it easy to brick the device just after warranty so people buy more of your devices.

TL:DR:

• Manufacturer benefits: 4
• Consumer benefits: -4

I've spent 20 days waiting for a part from China to (hopefully) repair my 18 year old very basic fridge because I refuse to get some stupid fucking touchscreen internet connected advertising box.

I fucking hate the modern world.

NO ONE COULD HAVE FORESEEN THIS RIDICULOUS INEVITABILITY

This is dumb, but what's even dumber is making a device that can even fail in that way to start with. I'd have expected the core refrigerator function to be isolated in some way from the rest of the device.

Boy Lois, this is worse than the time the AI fridge called me a fatass.

It is a really poor design choice to tie the smart screen to the core function of the refrigerator. They apparently haven't heard of the idea of fail safe.

Nothing. Is made. Correctly. Anymore. I went to school for industrial design, and I can comfortably say design and how to communicate proper use are fucking dead. Some thing or website or service is made wrong every fucking time I turn around. It is relentless and unreal.

AI FREAKING FRIDGES!

Artificial Ice

I have smart lights that can be controlled over the internet.
If the internet connection goes down, I can also control them locally.
If the local network fails, I have physical light switches.

All smart devices should fail into a safe and functional mode when the smart features inevitably stop working. It seems Samsung doesn't subscribe to that philosophy.

I blame Gilfoyle. Fucking Gilfoyle.

If I ever find myself in a stable living environment, I think I'll just buy a couple of cheap chest freezers and set one of them as a fridge.