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Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 months ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] anarchrist@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 months ago (3 children)

GO AWAY!! BAITIN'!

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[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is a certain unfortunate irony in the realization that one of the easiest ways to avoid this kind of thing is to buy a commercial digital signage panel intended for advertising instead of a consumer TV.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Or just don’t connect it to wifi and use hdmi media players that don’t have ads in the OS.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 6 points 3 months ago

Nah, my TV is not Internet connected. My router is as blocking. My dns is as blocking. My web browser and phone browser are web blocking. I use the YouTube website on my phone. If someone bypasses all that and pushes adds I just back out of that site.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

And it's driving up the price of commercial flatscreens.

[–] StrangeQuark@lemm.ee 5 points 3 months ago

Have an Insignia tv and having to click out of a full screen ad after boot up will never not annoy me

[–] HolidayGreed@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

My HiSense Vidaa OS TV shows ads for newer TV’s from their online store.

Is an Apple TV box a good platform choice to avoid this?

[–] Hazzia@infosec.pub 5 points 3 months ago (6 children)

I'd probably opt for an external streaming box and simply use the TV as a monitor instead of the whole system (as it was originally)

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[–] ZeroTwo@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Smart tub and stremio. I'm good.

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[–] ocassionallyaduck@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I reset my Android TV to stock before the ads, block all updates, and just run Plex and Netflix when I choose.

Probably going to take it further in the future and just use a little android media stick and nuke the SmartTV is entirely because of how badly it lags.

Absolutely insane how badly AndroidTVs perform after a year or so of ownership. If I could revert the core software updates I would.

Also, wifi causes the entire TV to become a laggy unusable mess. Has to be plugged in over ethernet. Absolutely unbelievable.

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