Reviews of Android TV launcher after Google added ads to the homescreen

Post by Ansil849 » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

milankragujevic wrote: post #14

Ansil849 wrote: post #7

The way to combat this is not to buy products that have this and then complain about them. The companies that make them do not care, they have already gotten your money. The way to combat this is to not buy products that have this in the first place. edit: a lot of comments are saying that the ads were added later, after purchase. This doesn't change my opinion at all, because people still bought products that have t…

That doesn't make sense as this was added additionally, so when people purchased their devices the ads were not present. To quote one review verbatim: > I purchased two premium-priced Nvidia Shield TV's and loved them until yesterday. That was the day Google began forcing huge dominating ads on the home screen. These ads are for content in services that I haven't eve subscribed to or installed, they're totally irrele…

Post by LegitShady » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

Ansil849 wrote: post #17

dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #9

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How do you propose people don’t buy products that have ads added to them in the future?

It's very straightforward: do not buy products that have the capability to have ads added to them retroactively. There is zero way any of the three televisions in my house will have ads added to them unless someone physically comes into my home and replaces the television sets.

Post by Ansil849 » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

jordemort wrote: post #28

Ansil849 wrote: post #7

The way to combat this is not to buy products that have this and then complain about them. The companies that make them do not care, they have already gotten your money. The way to combat this is to not buy products that have this in the first place. edit: a lot of comments are saying that the ads were added later, after purchase. This doesn't change my opinion at all, because people still bought products that have t…

> If you don't like the option of it happening, and as this example illustrates it can clearly happen, then do not buy products that have the capability of having ads added retroactively to the product. So, don't buy anything capable of receiving a software update?

Post by luffapi » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 5:16 PM UTC

Ansil849 wrote: post #26

luffapi wrote: post #13

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I’d love to buy a “dumb” tv. How do I do that?

You perform research to find televisions that either do not have internet capability, or you unscrew your back panel and remove said internet capability. The fact that you need to ask online how to buy a dumb tv, instead of being able to do so yourself, is depressing.

Post by cf100clunk » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

NietTim wrote: post #29

If history has taught us anything: this will blow over in a few weeks or months and everyone will get used to it in the end. The small percentage of users who (sometimes only temporarily) stop using the service is offset by the new income and the majority of users do not care.