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Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Post by euroderf »

greatgib wrote: post #5

This is going too far. Now you buy products or service at their fair price (Chromecast, Netflix,...) and they still push advertisment to you without any respect to squeeze the maximum of the user.

FWIW, NYTimes does the same thing.

Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Post by euroderf »

lp0_on_fire wrote: post #4
Slackwise wrote: post #2

Looks like Google is pushing or at least trialing full-screen, non-media-content, loud advertisements on their "Google TV" branded products. While this is for Chromecasts, it is possible it's coming to regular Google TV next...

> it is possible it's coming to regular Google TV next We've all seen this show before and we all know how it plays out: 1) "We have an ad free service!" 2) "We're going to start showing promotions for our own products - they don't count as ads" 3) "We're going to start showing ads for our partners but they'll only be a few seconds long and you can skip them" 4) "We're introducing unskippable ads" 5) "We're now injec…

7) Oh and we use A.I. to render product placements into your streaming content.

Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Post by hooverd »

What's the difference between Android TV and Google TV? Android TV (on my Nvidia Shield) added "recommendations", which are really just ads for streaming service content you may or may not have, but are otherwise associated with things in the ecosystem. Maybe a harbinger of things to come. Like Amazon Prime Video pre-roll ads for Prime content being replaced by regular ads.

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Post by jfim »

jankyxenon wrote: post #10

After years of investing into Google Home, I'm trying to unwind it. The assistant devices have gotten buggier and less responsive. The TV is bloated with ever more ads and suggested videos. They end of lifed the nest security system. Not a good trajectory.

Same, I'm looking into using home assistant as a replacement.

Out of curiosity, what are you considering as an alarm replacement?

Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Post by verwalt »

hooverd wrote: post #16

What's the difference between Android TV and Google TV? Android TV (on my Nvidia Shield) added "recommendations", which are really just ads for streaming service content you may or may not have, but are otherwise associated with things in the ecosystem. Maybe a harbinger of things to come. Like Amazon Prime Video pre-roll ads for Prime content being replaced by regular ads.

I love my shield TV Pro, but I might `adb shell pm uninstall` the shit out of it, so I can launch my apps in peace.

The Update that replaces the old launcher was the biggest middle finger I ever saw. And it's a 200€+ device. This isn't your average 20€ Amazon Fire crap.

Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Post by opwieurposiu »

I have the old Chromecast that came without a remote and it is great. It just sits there showing nature photos until I select something to watch using my phone.

I also have a "Google TV" one that comes with remote and it is terrible. The home screen is full of crap that I do not want. It suggests stupid youtube stuff for the kids. I have not figured out how to make it act like the old Chromecast.

Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads

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Post by kderbyma »

Google has lost all hope. Sundar Pinchai is at the helm of the next Titanic and missed the icebergs.....

they have failed to innovate and have doubled down on a losing strategy....I expect a race to the bottom until it kicks and they replace him....but it won't fix the issues...

it's too late. the company is now gorging on the corpse of society that it has nothing left to provide....it has become parasitic

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