An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS
An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS
arstechnica.com An ad giant wants to control your next TV’s OS
Sonos is rumored to be building a streaming box running The Trade Desk’s OS.
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Don’t ever connect them to the internet. Period.
If it’s required, buy a different tv. It’s not difficult to look that up beforehand.
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I suspect in the near future it will be impossible to buy a TV without spyware/adware. The only option will be to not connect it to the internet and run your own Raspberry PI/SBC based solution.
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Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions.
The super budget/sold at a loss TVs will absolutely be gutted for spyware.
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Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff and so won’t the premium televisions.
I have a feeling premium TVs won't escape adware/spyware either. They can get their margin on the hardware and earn some more money on spyware; I don't see what incentive they have to not do both. I hope I am wrong though.
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You’re not wrong, there are a number of videos from Louis Rossman (right to repair advocate) on YouTube lambasting LG for doing this very thing on their high-end G-series OLED TVs; including defaulting to opt-in to marketing and providing PIR data after an automatic update.
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Premium televisions are already pumped full of this stuff
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Yup. I don't know if it's all of them, but Louis Rossmann had a video where he ranted about this BS in his high end TV.
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Monitors aren’t being pumped full of this stuff
I hope this is just marketing then...
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Looks at the top of the line Samsung Odessey 49"/54" ultrawide monitor. Looks at specs. Reread this comment.
Uhuh
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If I worked for the manufacturer I'd just piggy back on other TVs networks to communicate. Wouldn't work if you live in the country but for everyone else I'd just need a similar brand within wifi range.
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Checking before buy buying will be possible for computer and privacy « educated » people only, that leaves almost everyone helpless in the real world, in a store facing TVs all playing the demo video. Maybe some will read Amazon reviews or do actual research… hope.
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