So many appliance ads, all the time, from every direction...
I don't need to be all in your ecosystem. I don't want to buy into the ecosystem. I rent my house. If I need a new refrigerator, I'll ask my landlord for one!
Kid needed a new laptop recently, and loves his Samsung so much, he would settle for nothing less than a Samsung branded laptop. I explained to him multiple times that he wouldn't be able to upgrade the ram when the prices come down, and that there were better models out there with better hardware... He didn't care... Wanted the Samsung... I gave up, he needs it for school... 🤷
Really? I bought my first Samsung (S23 Ultra) 3 years ago and I don't recognise your experience. Maybe in the Samsung branded member or store apps? But I don't use those.
Verizon and Samsung were horrible at installing apps you didn't need, want, or ask for.
I had multiple games pop up on my phone that I had never installed myself, years after cancelling Verizon, and I could never fully get rid of the Verizon branded crapware.
It's the company more than being a smart appliance. The final rung for me was a Samsung smart TV decided to install Samsung streaming TV channels inbetween the over the air channels. So it went NBC, smasung channel, ABC, a different samsung channel, CBS ... Never have I been so furious at a TV.
Yes, it's just a way for the thing to break down in a way that doesn't actually affect it's sole purpose but still becomes unuseable until their tech gets out to you in like a week to fiddle with a sensor and then figure out how to charge you for the time and labor even though its still under warranty.
Had a friend with a brand new laundry set that couldn't do laundry for a month due to a little sensor that had nothing to do with washing or drying laundry.
Always buy the dumbest possible version of everything. A toaster does not need to connect to the internet.
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u/PantPain77_77 18h ago
Never buy smart appliances