Up until now I’ve only seen suggestions for content offered by the various streaming services. Today I started getting ads for a Hyundai car!

I tried to log a support call with Sony but they said they couldn’t do anything without a photo of the offending ad. I now have a photo so will try again tomorrow. I know a single support call won’t do anything (though I intend to be very persistent), but if enough people log formal complaints maybe Sony will “talk to” Google.

I know this is deep first world problems territory, but I feel really betrayed having a device I paid $2,300 for being used to shove ads in my face.

  • @zerodown
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    161 year ago

    Or setup a pihole or similar DNS blocker. My Samsung SmartTv would love to show me ads, if I let it.

    • Supercritical
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      151 year ago

      Just hope you’ve also blocked all the other manufacturer telemetry

      • @zerodown
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        41 year ago

        Fur sure. Gravity Lists from those smarter than I and also spending time looking at DNS requests per IP to further isolate.