Sahwa@reddthat.com to TechnologyEnglish · 5 months agoHisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square333linkfedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down18cross-posted to: [email protected]hardwareaboringdystopia[email protected]
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minus-squareClydapusGotwaldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·5 months agoThey can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·5 months agoI can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
minus-squarejohnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·5 months agoI can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
minus-squarecanthangmightstain@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months ago… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP don’t let them hear this! …what am I saying? And idea like that they’ve had, just waiting for the price to be right. heh
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoGetting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
minus-squareWispy2891linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoI saw an unboxing for a TV for a Chinese market and it refused to start until the owner paired it with a Chinese phone otp for “age verification” 😉
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minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoIt’s going right back to the shop, if that’s the case. Not accepting an HDMI input means it’s not fit for purpose.
minus-squareCryxtalix@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoBet there are children that need protecting!
They can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
I can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
I can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP don’t let them hear this!
…what am I saying? And idea like that they’ve had, just waiting for the price to be right. heh
Or having prebaked fallback ads.
Getting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
I saw an unboxing for a TV for a Chinese market and it refused to start until the owner paired it with a Chinese phone otp for “age verification” 😉
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It’s going right back to the shop, if that’s the case. Not accepting an HDMI input means it’s not fit for purpose.
Bet there are children that need protecting!