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.