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0 pointsvarjag7y ago0 comments

You're joking, but my fridge did hand me a GDPR notice in the morning:

https://twitter.com/varjag/status/998496423019778048

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Wow. That's the funniest thing I've seen this week.

Beats the schadenfreude I'm having with some of the IoT lightbulbs no longer working for EU customers - a problem which actually impacted a friend of mine. See: https://twitter.com/internetofshit/status/999619364541394944.

EDIT: 2 friends now. I wonder how many more bought those lightbulbs...

Symbiote7y ago

Anyone who bought these lightbulbs should return them to the retailer for a full refund.

retSava7y ago

The yeelights are typically bought on eg Aliexpress. I have mine with the local network developer functionality enabled, here's to hoping they will still work with that at least.

frockington7y ago

That'd be an entertaining help desk conversation. "No the product is still functional, but my country made it too much of a hassle for them to operate in my region"

jacquesm7y ago

That's fairly incredible. A friend bought a Samsung smart TV, but after reading the EULA (which of course they spring on you after powering it on rather than to inform you at the point-of-sale) decided to forego the smarts in the TV. Those things track just about everything, your fridge apparently is still relatively mellow.

Did it open without you clicking 'ok'?

varjagOP7y ago

Yeah, I think it was pertaining the Samsung network account only. For secondary features like calendar sync, app control etc.

jacquesm7y ago

I meant the fridge ;)

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emptyfile7y ago

Funniest thing I saw this year. Brave new world.

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TeMPOraL7y ago

Wow. That's the funniest thing I've seen this week.

EDIT: 2 friends now. I wonder how many more bought those lightbulbs...

Symbiote7y ago

Anyone who bought these lightbulbs should return them to the retailer for a full refund.

retSava7y ago

The yeelights are typically bought on eg Aliexpress. I have mine with the local network developer functionality enabled, here's to hoping they will still work with that at least.

frockington7y ago

That'd be an entertaining help desk conversation. "No the product is still functional, but my country made it too much of a hassle for them to operate in my region"

jacquesm7y ago

Did it open without you clicking 'ok'?

varjagOP7y ago

Yeah, I think it was pertaining the Samsung network account only. For secondary features like calendar sync, app control etc.

jacquesm7y ago

I meant the fridge ;)

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emptyfile7y ago

Funniest thing I saw this year. Brave new world.

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