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Hisense TVs add unskippable startup ads before live TV

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Post by everdrive »

bilekas wrote: post #97
everdrive wrote: post #75

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>Or am I reduced to buying an Apple TV device and unplugging the TV from the internet entirely? Why would this be something that you're "reduced" to? Why would it be a bad thing?

It kind of defeats the initial purpose of buying a smart tv though. I wanted to avoid having an extra peripheral for connectivity.

No such device exists, though. All smart TVs are as user hostile as manufacturers believe they can get away with. If they could make them worse for the user, they would. They're just pushing the boundaries as far as they can.

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Post by ASalazarMX »

andsoitis wrote: post #2

Hisense has low taste.

IMO when ads have to be force-fed to consumers means the ad industry has already jumped the shark. Advertising is dominated by a few giants, trying to push a niche of even more ads becomes a waste of resources for always diminishing returns.

Yet advertisers still believe more ads always mean more sales.

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Post by RankingMember »

drchaim wrote: post #21

The other day I was at a spa, they had a TV in the background showing a channel with relaxing images, but after 5 minutes ads started playing.I don't think the spa staff even knew about it. we're fucked

Reminds me of someone who tweeted at YouTube about an experience trying to perform CPR and the CPR video on YouTube got interrupted by an unskippable ad

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Post by RankingMember »

Y-bar wrote: post #72
cr125rider wrote: post #9

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It’s unfair to say Apple has sold out when they’re the last bastion of commercial streaming boxes that aren’t riddled with ads

Depends on your definition of ”ads”. As someone deep in the apple ecosystem without a subscription to Music or Apple TV I get regular full screen promotions/ads to subscribe when all I want to do is listen or watch my bought content.

Yeah I see them creeping in everywhere in Apple's world- now there are ads in Apple Wallet

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Post by shantara »

im3w1l wrote: post #85
albert_e wrote: post #41

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Cat and mouse. Then we shall only ever connect to a throwaway wifi ssid created for the sole purpose of setting up that TV and deleted promptly afterwards. Samsung will then use NFC / QuickShare transient hotspot to helpfully sync all useful info from your Samsung phone nearby. Then we block that IP address or MAC ID from router side. Then smart TVs will switch to open mesh networks hosted by unsuspecting ISP custome…

TV's last a long time. Get one with a bypass today and you can be set for decades.

With the widespread move to OLED across the TV and monitor manufacturers, this might not be the case for much longer. They look and perform great, but are ultimately a consumable product.

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Post by deafpolygon »

i am never buying another smart tv again. we all should vote with our wallet, but alas — such is life.

i will be replacing my existing (3 year old tv) when its time with a pc monitor and yes, i will go down in size. i’ve found that really large tbs aren’t really adding that much and dominate your house the minute you walk in.

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Post by shantara »

RankingMember wrote: post #114
Y-bar wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on your definition of ”ads”. As someone deep in the apple ecosystem without a subscription to Music or Apple TV I get regular full screen promotions/ads to subscribe when all I want to do is listen or watch my bought content.

Yeah I see them creeping in everywhere in Apple's world- now there are ads in Apple Wallet

Connecting new AirPods to an iPhone for the first time now shows Apple Music subscription ad right on the pairing screen

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Post by deafpolygon »

erremerre wrote: post #69

Here could some European company that already makes tv to step in and create something good, with no ads, and even better if they promise to open the sourcecode, bootloader etc... Something like Philips for example. But I guess they are too busy making lightbulbs to notice that they could fill that gap on the TV market space.

european TVs aren’t that much better

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Post by slumberlust »

andrepd wrote: post #62
aerhardt wrote: post #24

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I also had to take this approach with my LG TV. The OS actually had its use for a while but Apple TV has become my driver. I no longer wish to consent to LG’s EULAs which are starting to look like the legal corpus of a small nation. I’m also not interested in their software updates. Internet privileges: revoked. It’s concerning nonetheless as others are pointing out that in the current trajectory the TVs may soon ref…

LG TVs may be rooted. You probably can also run a pi-hole sort of thing to block any traffic except whitelisted domains. Not that I've done it, I don't get enough value out of it to justify the hassle or the privacy intrusion.

They patched that out many moons ago. If you havent updated in a few years you might have a shot, but most people cannot.

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Post by koakuma-chan »

abdullahkhalids wrote: post #96
andrepd wrote: post #62

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LG TVs may be rooted. You probably can also run a pi-hole sort of thing to block any traffic except whitelisted domains. Not that I've done it, I don't get enough value out of it to justify the hassle or the privacy intrusion.

According to Root My TV, it seems like all methods of rooting recent LG TVs have been patched. [1] https://rootmy.tv/

You mean there is no way to break it even though you have physical access to it? How is that possible?
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