But the popup was only half the problem . This doesn’t change the fact that they did install way more than the driver on that PC. And in fact, no normal display needs a driver at all.
Disabling the popup is fixing the symptom, not the problem. Not a bad PR move, but not real change either.
How tf does something connected by a display cable install anything anyway?
the hardware manufacturer submits the ‘bloatware’ as drivers or other ‘essential’ software to microsoft to be included in the library of third-party shit microsoft delivers via windows update, which can then be segregated into automatically or optionally installed.
hardware manufacturers are abusing this process to install bits (such as ads) that are not actually required for basic functionality of their hardware.
DP has features like Display Stream Compression and Forward Error Correction that needs a driver to encode/decode.
It’s ok, no more windows and no more LG for me
Exactly. LG now added to the “nope list”.
Who’s left? 🥺
Yep. It’s a shame, I’ve been very satisfied by their products but they’re just determined to be a shitty company.
Same here, I love my LG TV and recommend a lot of people to buy LG. But now? I recommend people to stay away and never connect the TV to the internet.
They played their hand and we know what kind of companies they are. Bye.
The problem is the forced install of LGs bloatware that can install anything with full permissions, this solves nothing. Until the issue of hardware being allowed to install whatever trash bloatware they want the problem has not even been addressed.
This should not be the fix, but noting here for posterity that this can be disabled in the Group policy Editor:
To stop Windows from auto-installing it again, or to block similar apps from other brands, open Group Policy Editor with gpedit.msc, then go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, Device Installation. Enable “Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata,” and click Apply.
Isn’t the group policy editor disabled for most non-Enterprise editions of Windows these days?
Somehow people think linux is hard
Are we still on pre-Y2K where every device/peripherals needs drivers to be used. F modern technology.
Microslop is backing down on Windows 11 bloatware ads, forces LG to pull McAfee popup
