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Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by nicbou » Sun, Oct 04, 2020, 11:30 PM UTC

w0mbat wrote: post #290

nostromo wrote: post #163

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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.

The skinny, slippery, round cornered, black AppleTV remote seems to be designed to be as easily lost as possible. Weeks often go by without finding it, during which we use other streaming devices instead. The Amazon FireTV remote is quite easy to lose, but I stocked up on spares when it was on sale for $15. The TiVo remote is not only too big to lose, it has a remote-finder feature where you can induce it to play a t…

Tie it to a stick, like those gas station bathroom keys

Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by duncan_bayne » Tue, Oct 06, 2020, 8:58 AM UTC

xnyan wrote: post #379

duncan_bayne wrote: post #355

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> Why folks are so willing to carry water for corporations, by making unsubstantiated excuses for them, mystifies me. Because if you don't keep making excuses for them, you're left with the alternative: doing a bunch more work yourself, which many people don't find remotely enjoyable. Which reminds me, I need to go and try installing Axolotl on my PinePhone again :)

> Because if you don't keep making excuses for them, you're left with the alternative Well, except for the alternative of not watching content with excessive ads at all. If companies feel like they need intrusive ads I guess I they can do that, but they are dead to me and my life is better for it.

You do know how much tracking goes on right? It's far from just a matter of paying for ad free content. Hence I'm trying to migrate to PinePhone and get the hell off Android.

Re: Samsung Ads – Demand-Side Platform

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Post by rmtech » Sun, Oct 11, 2020, 6:55 PM UTC

manuelabeledo wrote: post #360

rmtech wrote: post #244

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> why can't I just pay more and opt out? Because they probably did market research and found that ~nobody would pay what it was actually worth, and it would generate negative press.

Wouldn’t it make more sense to think that they are trying to exploit this particular ad market, without lowering the markup on their hardware? Samsung TVs are not cheaper than the competition. In fact, their mid and high tiers are expensive, compared to LG. On the low tier, other brands like TLC or Vizio are still cheaper.

They could make them even more expensive without the spying features. But nobody would pay for it.