By pde on Skatehive
Advertising is a vital part of most business models. Those that do not make room for advertising are certainly working on finding a way to do so. Take Jeep, for instance, who recently “allegedly” experienced a “glitch” in newer model Jeeps that featured Internet connected touchscreens. Unlike Stellantis, the owners of Jeep among other brands, who have backtracked this intrusive advertising, Samsung is doubling down on introducing unconventional advertising into consumers’ lives. Image source Expensive Tech Will Come with Ads I remember seeing a “smart” fridge at a local big box store, might have been the blue one, might have been the orange store (a sponsorship check will help me remember exactly which it was). I saw the screen, it was displaying a picture of the inside of the fridge and there were buttons along the bottom of the screen for “weather” and “news” and the like. Heck, e-mail was probably on there too. I thought to myself, ‘how long before they start showing ads on these th