Reddit users thevincentasteroid and MMD3_ posted about an auto-playing video ad (with sound) on the home screen. The ad is for Chicken Tender Wraps from Carl’s Jr. When it begins auto-playing, it pushes all the other UI elements out of focus and goes almost full-screen, returning to the home screen after it has played through once.

  • @raynethackery
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    1110 months ago

    Step 1. Open window.

    Step 2. Grab TV.

    Step 3. Launch TV.

    Step 4. Start pricing monitors.

    • @treesquid
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      1010 months ago

      Or just don’t connect the TV to your network. It has inputs. Use an input device you have control over. The end.

      • @[email protected]
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        710 months ago

        a Chromecast is one of those inputs. And it has been a nice product. The reason people are mad is that they Google changed the product after they bought it significantly.

        and yes. Today the only reasonable good TV is a computer monitor connected to a device I have control over.

      • @raynethackery
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        210 months ago

        But then how would I express my outrage by hyperbole?

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Or get a decent TV?

        My LG oled has options to disable ads, and I never see ads when using the apps or the menu that launches them.

        I still have a PC connected to the TV, but many of the TV’s apps do a good job.