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Google Foresees Ads On Your Refrigerator, Thermostat, and Glasses

Posted by Soulskill on from the brought-to-you-by-melancholy dept.

New submitter waspleg sends news of a letter Google sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission in which the tech giant laid out its vision of an ad-filled future. They wrote, "We expect the definition of “mobile” to continue to evolve as more and more “smart” devices gain traction in the market. For example, a few years from now, we and other companies could be serving ads and other content on refrigerators, car dashboards, thermostats, glasses, and watches, to name just a few possibilities. Our expectation is that users will be using our services and viewing our ads on an increasingly wide diversity of devices in the future, and thus our advertising systems are becoming increasingly device-agnostic."

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  1. Nope. by danomac · · Score: 5, Insightful

    First thing I'd do is disable networking on these devices.

    1. Re:Nope. by NapalmV · · Score: 5, Funny

      Then you'll see only the same old built-in ads forever.

    2. Re:Nope. by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

      Just render the ad screen unusable. Why the hell do appliances (especially a fridge) need a screen for?

      Exactly! The first time I saw ads on my new TV set, I smashed the screen with a baseball bat. Since then, problem solved. No more ads!

      The programs suck though...

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      "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  2. Impossible by PvtVoid · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have Adblock on my refrigerator.

  3. better question... by Connie_Lingus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...would you be willing to receive a brand new $2000 frig/freezer for free IF it showed ads on it?

    that's the real issue...i think alot of people would...hell I probably would.

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    never bring a twinkie to a food fight.