Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoHisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoingwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square324fedilinkarrow-up11.07Karrow-down110cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@mander.xyzhardware@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.06Karrow-down1external-linkHisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoingwww.tomshardware.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square324fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@mander.xyzhardware@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareClydapusGotwald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·4 days agoThey can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
minus-squareCryxtalix@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 days agoBet there are children that need protecting!
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·4 days agoI can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
minus-squareeronth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoOr having prebaked fallback ads.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoGetting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·4 days agoI saw an unboxing for a TV for a Chinese market and it refused to start until the owner paired it with a Chinese phone otp for “age verification” 😉
minus-squarejohnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·4 days agoI can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days agoSHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP don’t let them hear this! …what am I saying? And idea like that they’ve had, just waiting for the price to be right. heh
minus-squarecanthangmightstain@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 days ago… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·4 days agoIt’s going right back to the shop, if that’s the case. Not accepting an HDMI input means it’s not fit for purpose.
They can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
Bet there are children that need protecting!
I can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
Or having prebaked fallback ads.
Getting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
I saw an unboxing for a TV for a Chinese market and it refused to start until the owner paired it with a Chinese phone otp for “age verification” 😉
🙈
I can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
SHUTUPSHUTUPSHUTUP don’t let them hear this!
…what am I saying? And idea like that they’ve had, just waiting for the price to be right. heh
… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
It’s going right back to the shop, if that’s the case. Not accepting an HDMI input means it’s not fit for purpose.