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Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by pbhjpbhj »

colejohnson66 wrote: post #46
indysigners wrote: post #6

I’d rather have no telly at all than buying some crap Samsung tv for €2.000 only to see their programmatic advertising. Whoever at Samsung decided this must be drunk! But hey, I guess there still are enough people around who don’t care.

I bought a TCL Roku TV and thankfully the only ads are on the home screen where you select the input or app.[a] I can’t imagine watching video from an input and the TV deciding I want an ad on top of my movie. [a] I don’t delude myself into thinking this won’t change, but so far, I can just tune out (no pun intended) the ad on the side. Not to mention that the ads are of shows and movies, not products (which would be…

>the only ads are on the home screen //

So you only have to see ads, on a service you bought outright, every single time you turn it on? No thanks.

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Post by nyjah »

ogre_codes wrote: post #184
nostromo wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Turn off your Samsung TV's internet connection 2. Connect Apple TV via HDMI Not only does this improve your privacy, but it improves the UI and remote of your TV.

> Not only does this improve your privacy, but it improves the UI and remote of your TV. Two out of three anyhow... the Apple TV remote is pretty mediocre. Gets rid of a lot of junk I never use, and a bunch of stuff I really miss (the mute button for starters).

It's weird, I've had 1/3 Apple remotes work well.

But in the settings you can connect any remote to the AppleTV and program the buttons. That works really well!

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Post by jnurmine »

DivisionSol wrote: post #147
hda2 wrote: post #109

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What the fuck. I remember the "Please drink a verification can" joke that was floating around a few years back. Didn't think we'd be here so soon. Can you just use an old headphone with an audio slider and mute the ad that way? Either way, Spotify is now on my list of nope services.

Wanted to comment on this. I see this very differently than the Samsung situation. Spotify provides music for ads, unless you pat the subscription. I am not offended that Spotify would do this for their “free”/ad-supported users. I pay for Spotify, I get no ads. That’s the way it’s supposed to be.

Exactly this. Paid subscriptions have no ads.

Furthermore Spotify has a handy family subscription (not sure if valid in all countries), which covers several persons living under the same roof.

Disclaimer: I'm extremely happy with Spotify.

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Post by dzonga »

smartisass wrote: post #24

Someone in a previous thread mentioned Sceptre TVs. They are dumb. Incredibly low priced but quality models available (55" 4k HDR HDMI 2.0 for $300) [1]. They have 30yrs experience. Seems a good company. Have high-end models too. [1] https://www.sceptre.com/TV/4K-UHD-TV/U550CV-UMRD-55-4K-UHD-T... Anybody here have one?

I have one of these as my main tv's. yeah brightness is kinda low. but now complains it works great for watching tv, playing xbox here and there. and it was cheap af.

Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by the8472 »

junon wrote: post #32
mattnewton wrote: post #21

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It’s getting harder and harder to. I ended up buying a projector and a screen, large TVs are pretty much all infected with this kind of “smart os” and I don’t want a tv constantly asking to be connected to the internet so it can download adware.

This. When I was in California I tried to find a 4k TV that was "dumb". It was impossible.

Instead of a dumb TV you can get a public/info/business display and add an external tuner or video source if needed. Finding one that supports HDR can get a bit tricky though since that's not their major selling point, but they do exist.

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Post by pbronez »

TedDoesntTalk wrote: post #188
nostromo wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. Turn off your Samsung TV's internet connection 2. Connect Apple TV via HDMI Not only does this improve your privacy, but it improves the UI and remote of your TV.

Samsung can still try to connect to open WiFi networks. Not accepting the EULA makes this irrelevant.

Ugh are you telling me that these TVs are aggressively trying to find and connect to unsecured Wi-Fi to upload data I don’t want them to have over an unsecure connection I don’t control?

Gross.

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Post by blibble »

3guk wrote: post #177

For those who use piHole or other network wide ad blocking, I've compiled a list of servers to block: https://factory-reset.com/wiki/Samsung_Telemetry_Servers Typically I would suggest not connecting your TV to any sort of internet connection - firmware updates don't typically tend to add or fix much on these devices. If you really have an issue, update the firmware, factory reset and then disable wifi / unplug ether…

blocking like that works for now, but what's the plan for when they switch to DNS-over-HTTP?

and host everything on ephemeral AWS addresses?

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Post by centimeter »

overlordalex wrote: post #166
_2d30 wrote: post #154

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Or just like not even connect it to the internet at all?

There's reports of some models connecting to any open wifi networks, which would include your neighbours. And it's only a matter of time until they come with built-in sim cards

Recent model toyota vehicles come with a "telematics" unit with a built-in SIM card that sends GPS data, driving data, video from the front camera, etc. to Toyota and the "agreement" in the manual says they can do ~whatever they want with it.

If you power down the telematics module (by removing the fuse), the carplay microphone doesn't work (because the microphone runs through the telematics module).

If you remove or cut the antenna on the module, you get a Check Engine light, which means you can't register your vehicle in many states.

You have to call toyota, ask them to turn off all the data collection, and hope they really do it.

It's really sad to see a historically very good car company fall so far.

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