Their appliances are unreliable, I repairable garbage, and their support is even worse.
Even ads, buying their products is a terrible idea.
I would like to read more about this.
A few larger retails participate in beacon tracking patrons (i.e. tracking their mobile devices' bluetooth/WiFi pings). This requires no active participation/agreement from the users/devices — if you have those services' antennae `ON`, they are constantly `announcing`.
There is even a massive network of crypto currency nodes, which uses geoscarcity to award tokens by relaying LoRa traffic (e.g. Helium [0]). A popular current use of this is for inventory tracking in-transit as well as stolen tool monitoring (e.g. Bosch).
It's not far-fetched that these technologies will continue their un-opt-out-able expansion (e.g. all the roadway vehicle scanners, which track you even if you don't have a license plate visible and don't carry a cell phone).
Most of the people I know wouldn't let this depraved tech into their homes. Same goes for gas stations where one is forced to watch ads whilst filling up. Most of the ones around me have been dismantled because people have avoided them in favor of stations that had not installed the tech.
By analyzing such people we can teach kids how not to be manipulated by sleazeball corporations like Samsung.
Humans are just jealous moths who lack self-control.
rzzzwilson•4mo ago