Comment on I got this popup ad on my TV **while watching a DVD**

Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Water1053@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sometimes you have to be a bit more pragmatic. I’m not aware of any TV with HDR, Dolby Vision, OLED, etc. that isn’t smart and reasonably priced. Your best bet is to buy a smart TV and block Internet access.

  Another thing you can do is visit the selfhosted subs and they can help you out with other things like pihole for blocking ads and intrusive network activity on your home network.

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  • Twelve20two@slrpnk.net ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Getting pihole set up may just be my new year’s resolution.

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  • corbin@infosec.pub ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yep, most of them won’t complain if you just never connect them to Wi-Fi during setup.

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    • piecat@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      There’s a pretty good chance they’ll get around it- if they aren’t already.

      Samsung TV? You have a Samsung phone? There’s an easy way to jump the air gap.

      Neighbor has a TV connected to the Internet? Send data to that TV and pretend you’re not connected to anything so the user doesn’t catch on.

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      • Sir_Simon_Spamalot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pretty sure that’s straight up against the law. IANAL tho.

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      • RunningInRVA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’d like to see where in the EULA it states your TV and Internet connection are used for hauling your neighbor’s data.

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    • TangledHyphae@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have never had any smart TV complain (yet) that I have never once connected wifi. I am guessing there would be lawsuits, that a physical device requiring internet and requiring you to connect it just to function, would get sued in a class action of some kind.

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      • redcalcium@lemmy.institute ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You’re going to love this free tv then. It’s free, and people has began receiving this tv since the last 3 months or so. In exchange for receiving this free tv, you’ll have to make some sacrifice:

        • The tv must be connected to internet at all times within 5 days of receiving it. You aren’t allowed to disconnect it (except due to brief internet outages)
        • There is a second screen on the bottom with camera that display ads. You aren’t allowed to obscure the second screen to hide ads.
        • No modification allowed. You can’t disconnect the second screen.
        • You aren’t allowed to block ads, even with pihole.

        Breaking the ToS means your credit card would get charged $1000. Very fun TV.

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• Candybar121@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh wow, a link to a product sold on Amazon. I’ve never seen one of those before

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It even says “currently unavailable”!

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    • LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even better!

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• EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Scepters are horrendous pieces of shit.

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  • SheDiceToday@eslemmy.es ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mine has worked fine for the past 4 years. What’s wrong with them?

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    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Not guarenteed for every single one to break but…yeah. they are known to break for no reason. hell when i was the electronics guy at walmart they came back broken right out of the box waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more then any other brand.

      That is, until, walmart put out their onn trash.

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  • YeetPics@mander.xyz ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Got any better options?

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    • EdibleFriend@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m particularly a huge fan of LG televisions. Of course that doesn’t help if you’re trying to avoid smart altogether.

      Also if you’re going LG… Their televisions are great but don’t touch their fucking home appliances. Ever. I don’t get the discrepancy between the two different parts of the same company. Beautiful televisions but things like they’re washers and dryers are notoriously horrible pieces of shit.

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  • CosmicCleric@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    YMMV of course, but I’ve owned two. Rock solid, no problems, decade later they’re still going strong. /shrug

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• Raiderkev@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or just don’t connect the smart TV to the Internet.

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• Popus@eviltoast.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol that’s my exact tv!

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• Haha@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Underrated answer

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• Poem_for_your_sprog@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Can’t you just not connect it to the Internet?

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  • MaxVoltage@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not anymore bud

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    • Thermal_shocked@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yes you can. It won’t update and send info anymore

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• jordanlund@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  “He says ‘he’s already got one!’”

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• Ranger@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or jailbreak your smart tv.

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• Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why the F does it require a captcha to go to an Amazon page? I have no idea what you are trying to show, because I’m not doing that.

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  • Reygle@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds like a “you” problem, like you have a VPN connected.

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    • Buffalox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Nope, vanilla Firefox…

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