It is endlessly frustrating that companies have universally decided that they won’t let people say “no” to stuff, ever. There are no longer options to reject stupid-ass new “features”, only postponement until next time you open the app/website/program. They’ll continue pestering you for the rest of your life. I realize that my frustration may be a little over-zealous, but we deal with these interfaces dozens of times per day and this is user hostile behavior. There isn’t really an option to just use another service or program, since the entire technology landscape has been commandeered by a few major corporations, and they all enact the same shitty things as a group.
What domains did you ad to your pihole Blocklist for the LG tv WebOS services you mentioned?
Here is what I’m blocking with some comments on what you lose if you block certain domains. A few domains, I commented out because they would otherwise block some feature I actually wanted to use. If you block all, the TV would work but think it is offline:
Block LG Ads and telemetry #address=/lgtvsdp.com/ address=/lgsmartad.com/
needed for App Store
country based
{country_code}.lgrecommends.lgappstv.com
Blocking all
#address=/lgappstv.com/
address=/edgesuite.net/ #address=/ngfts.lge.com/ address=/yumenetworks.com/ address=/smartclip.com/ address=/smartclip.net/ address=/lgtvcommon.com/ address=/meethue.com/ address=/lgtviot.com/ #address=/lgtvonline.com/
Firmware updates
#address=/snu.lge.com/
address=/kic-ngfts.lge.com/ #address=/kic-gfts.lge.com/ #address=/lgtvonline.lge.com/ address=/sports.gracenote.com/ address=/cjpowercast.com.edgesuite.net/ address=/ueiwsp.com/ #address=/lgsmartplatform.com/ address=/NevoAI-IOTHub-52-Prod.azure-devices.net/ address=/m.media-amazon.com/ #address=/lss.lgthinq.com/ #address=/kic-op-lss.lgthinq.com/
Side effect, blocks LG chat support
#address=/lgeapi.com/