I can’t believe that countless people have internet-screamed at me that this platform is so much better than tvOS. I’m cringing.
Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
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Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
#32This 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.
What annoys me is that this is done after purchase. It would be one thing if you knew at time of purchase that the hardware was "ad supported", its another to have adverts imposed on you months/years after purchase. My thoughts are now "How long will it be before google starts running full screen ads after unlocking your phone?"
Friend, you've hit the nail on the head.
As another example, I purchased an Xbox One years ago. Imagine my surprise when I turned it on this past November 3rd only to see a fullscreen ad for a videogame, before I could even sign in! And then again for some gamedev conference only a few weeks later!
Not sure (but pretty sure) that from the Xbox 360 onwards there have always been advertisements on the 'dashboard' - but you never had to explicitly interact with the ads before you could do anything else with the darn thing.
Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
#33After 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 boat. What’s better nowadays, because Siri surely isn’t? Is there any assistant that actually uses modern AI? Alexa maybe?
Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
What annoys me is that this is done after purchase. It would be one thing if you knew at time of purchase that the hardware was "ad supported", its another to have adverts imposed on you months/years after purchase. My thoughts are now "How long will it be before google starts running full screen ads after unlocking your phone?"
Friend, you've hit the nail on the head. As another example, I purchased an Xbox One years ago. Imagine my surprise when I turned it on this past November 3rd only to see a fullscreen ad for a videogame, before I could even sign in! And then again for some gamedev conference only a few weeks later! Not sure (but pretty sure) that from the Xbox 360 onwards there have always been advertisements on the 'dashboard' - but…
Companies seem to think that because there is a screen attached somewhere/somehow to the device they made it's carte blanche for them to turn that screen into a billboard.
I'm not "100%" against adverts (However I will avoid them if I can, for example I'm happy to pay for YouTube Premium simply to disable the ads and still support the creators I watch), I understand that services need to pay the bills, Take YouTube or Twitch an examples, they can't exist without monetization because servers, staff, bandwidth all need to be paid for and obv content creators need an income if the platform/viewers expect high quality content from a wide variety of creators (not just those who can afford to do it as a hobby/fun).
But its the "bait and switch" of these companies that disgusts me, esp when its on locked down hardware we have purchased. It's changing the sales contract after the purchase has been made. How would we feel if for example 2 years after purchasing a car, it now refused to start (or for something more "mild" changing the climate controls) until you had listened to 3 mins of ad's though its infotainment system? People would be up in arms about it. But for some reason, people just seem to accept it when it comes to our entertainment devices.
Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
#35After 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?
Not sure yet. I got a starling hub, which makes my google devices HomeKit compatible. So maybe something by Abode... haven't thought it through yet.
Glad the industry is moving towards Matter / Thread - but things not quite there yet.
Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
#36We truly live in a boring dystopia. It is insane to think how much money and how many absolutely seething customers this will make and it happens again and again.
Re: Chromecast Google TV now has full-screen auto-playing Chicken Tender Wrap ads
#37After 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 boat. What’s better nowadays, because Siri surely isn’t? Is there any assistant that actually uses modern AI? Alexa maybe?
I’m considering replacing them with Apple’s Homepod.