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Post by CameronNemo »

alienfilesystem wrote: post #634
notyourwork wrote: post #279

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This is why my tv stays offline and isn’t setup. My Nvidia shield runs to hdmi and is the only playback source.

Pi-hole. Works like a charm. Also does the same for every device in your house. Moreover, if you don't mind spending an additional $5 a month, set up your Pi-hole in a Digital Ocean droplet and you can blocks ads everywhere YOU happen to be, even on your mobile device.

Running every dns request to a random DO droplet sounds like it would cause latency. Is there not some public DNS option that blocks ads?

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Post by lumberingjack »

My Samsung phone has been doing stuff like this lately too accidentally hit the bixby button all the sudden you're in and dated with Samsung store apps asking you to rate them like use the calculator that's built in "please rate this on the Samsung store"

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Post by lumberingjack »

derekp7 wrote: post #563
hibikir wrote: post #398

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Supermarkets also need to stay open so they can sell you your beloved products, and you'd not believe how thin the margins of some supermarkets are: Having 8 kinds of lemon yogurt, each someone's favorite, while disposing of the products past the expiration date leads to either some of the highest prices in town, or closing down. Profitability in very small supermarket chains is small. Now, the models that the somewh…

There's a chain of supermarkets around here that are the size of a Super Walmart, but all groceries. They carry for example 15 flavors or more of PopTarts, just to give one example. And they have low prices, and have seemed to figure it out (they were even apparently mostly immune from the TP shortages earlier this summer). I wonder how they manage, yet other chains don't (not that they have a lot of stores in their…

Am I missing something, I thought big grocery stores where the normal in the states. the Krogers all around us is so big they actually started carrying clothes shoes and outpacing Walmart.

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Post by leokennis »

fxtentacle wrote: post #84

... and that's exactly why my TV will never have an internet connection. By now, it doesn't really matter which brand you use. I have analyzed Samsung, Sony, LG and Philips and ALL of them send data about your usage to NetEase in China and ALL of them have ToS that say that they might record your voice and store it for improving their AI or whatever. Plus all of them shove suggested apps in your face, so I'd say it i…

My alternative, as I actually like my Samsung TV (lots of features including AirPlay 2 and Apple TV for not a lot of money): block the shit out of any connection it makes using https://NextDNS.io.

If the tv can’t load the ads it also cannot show them.

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Post by smabie »

dvtrn wrote: post #510
summitsummit wrote: post #412

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The best method I've found to increase positive engagement is actually to just have a fake 'x' such that clicking it just triggers the ad. I've noticed this more frequently on the web nowadays, and based on the click through rates, the target demographic is absolutely _obsessed_ over this feature.

Don't get me started on dialog boxes that put the "cancel" button on the wrong side. Much like toilet paper, there is one way to display it, all other methods are heresy worthy of nothing less than immediate exterminatus. (partially kidding, but only partially.)

Reminds me of Zelda, Ocarina of Time. They switched up the cancel and repeat buttons for different dialogues just to mess with you.

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Post by chrisjc »

aronpye wrote: post #212

I built my own router with a raspberry pi. I installed pi-hole and use that as a dns resolver. I then use an iptables rule to NAT / forward all dns traffic on port 53 to the pi-hole resolver, similar to how ISPs often intercept dns requests. This prevents IOT devices from bypassing the dns server configured via my DHCP. Letting pi-hole block the requests helps prevent errors from dns request timeouts. An additional b…

Is there anything to stop devices from establishing a VPN connection?

I imagine that would be the next logical step that device manufactures will go to to combat consumers setting up pi-holes.

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Post by dastx »

m45t3r wrote: post #492
chadlavi wrote: post #340

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Yeah let google serve you ads and sell your info, not Samsung or LG or Sony

I never saw an ad with Chromecast, and I use it basically since it's inception.

Sure no ads, except they're still tracking you to display ads on their other platforms. YouTube included.

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Post by gpderetta »

dvtrn wrote: post #510
summitsummit wrote: post #412

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The best method I've found to increase positive engagement is actually to just have a fake 'x' such that clicking it just triggers the ad. I've noticed this more frequently on the web nowadays, and based on the click through rates, the target demographic is absolutely _obsessed_ over this feature.

Don't get me started on dialog boxes that put the "cancel" button on the wrong side. Much like toilet paper, there is one way to display it, all other methods are heresy worthy of nothing less than immediate exterminatus. (partially kidding, but only partially.)

Cancel button is obsolete, the customers want to be reminded later.

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Post by dastx »

MisterTea wrote: post #155

Sometimes I wish there was a suckless for everything. Gimme a boring TV with open firmware so I can flash it with Linux or better yet, no need for firmware, just a few video ports and a power switch. I'll feed it with my video signal of choice. Then a phone with stock android or ability to flash Linux or whatever with hardware kill switches because you cant trust anything electronic these days. Then I'll take a car w…

This is what I'm hoping for. All I want is a TV running Kodi. Combined with Plex and a freeview/freesat TV card and I'd be all set.
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