So absurd and embarrassing ..."

Some Samsung smart fridges stopped working on Tuesday due to a firmware update.

Korean outlets were the first to report the problems, which affect Samsung’s Bespoke AI line of fridges. Star News Korea, per a Google-provided translation, said that most of the affected devices were four-door fridges from 2024 or later.

  • Carl@anarchist.nexusEnglish
    8·
    23 hours ago

    That’s the joke. Tech companies have started taking away basic functions, so they can then sell it back to you as a subscription. BMW’s heated seat subscription comes to mind. All BMWs are equipped with heated seats by default, but you can only turn the heater on if you pay a subscription for it.

    • OwOarchist@pawb.socialEnglish
      1·
      21 hours ago

      but you can only turn the heater on if you pay a subscription for it.

      *opens electrical repair kit with malicious intent*

      (I wonder if BMW would try to sue you for finding a way to bypass this and turn on the heated seats without it? I wonder if they’d sue you if you turned this solution into a relatively easy-to-install mod product that others could install…)

      • itsworkthatwedo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        21 hours ago

        In the US, my understanding is you can do it, but helping others do it (by publishing a how-to, selling a kit, even doing it for them) would be where you’d run afoul with the law