LG licenses tech for interpreting TV users’ feelings and convictions.
  • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    2 months ago

    Continue to never buy LG products again?

    Gotcha. The advertising works, i guess…maybe not how they wanted to, though lol

    • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 months ago

      Oh, they do have products without all that shit. They offer large screen monitors that are basically their TVs without the “smart” part.

      • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        i wager it has all the TV stuff gutted out, including the tuner… Which admittedly is only a problem if you use OTA and not cable.

        • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          2 months ago

          They have a bunch of display ports and HDMIs. You can buy the tuner you need (SAT, OTA, cable, other streamer), or use a PC&Linux and watch YT add-free.

  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
    33·
    2 months ago

    I recently bought an LG TV. I didn’t connect it to the Internet, I just use it with my Chromecast or Switch. Works great, no ads, no AI BS.

    • shyguyblue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      This is the way to do it

      I blocked my lg from the Wi-Fi after i got a “Kobe Bryant memorial” ad, while playing on my switch… TF?!

      • 5in1k@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Do you think he thought avoiding all that traffic was worth it as he plummeted?

    • aubertlone@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I’ve heard this line many times from so many people.

      So basically just Nintendo and google profit off your personal information? And doesn’t Chromecast serve ads? In the background, but still?

      I fully support your decision to not connect your LG TV to the internet. I do the same thing but it’s often just for convenience. I get better performance from my devices rather than from the TV itself for whatever application.

      Just was thinking about that recently is all.

  • eodur@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    2 months ago

    I was describing this to my partner and she thought i said “LGBT”. Yes. The LGBTQ community created this technology and weaponized it. Next on Fox News.

  • kipo@lemm.eeEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Can we please ban electronic advertising already? And billboards? Society would be better off without them.

  • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    So we pay them to do this to us? I stopped putting tv’s on the internet once I realized it offered me nothing useful. Firmware is about it and if that’s the case I’ll either usb it or put it on the internet for 5 min to do the update. Even then Samsung sucks so much with firmware the release notes for every single update are “bug fixes and improvements”… thanks Samsung.

    If I am forced to put it online or it comes up with a way to phone home on its own, I am done buying those kinds of tv’s, and I’m sure some other brand will offer one that doesn’t, even if it isn’t the best one to buy.

  • 74 183.84@lemm.eeEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    Holy shit there were so many ads in that article that I just stopped reading. It sucks LG is going down this route. They make really nice displays but now I dont ever want to buy an LG tv if its spying on me to serve me these ‘better’ ads. Fuck advertising. Its turned into a complete monster

  • filister@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 months ago

    Enshittification in progress. Sadly their OLED TVs are amazing, if not for the intrusive ads. It is really crap what all those companies are doing shoving ads our throats.

    I am trying to block everything using ad blockers, DNS filtering, Pi hole, etc.

    • expr@programming.devEnglish
      12·
      2 months ago

      I just… don’t connect the TV to the internet. Never had an issue with anything like that.

  • Dagwood222@lemm.eeEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    If you want a serious mind fuck read “stand On Zanzibar” a science fiction novel from 1969.

    One of the things that the writer predicted was Mr. & Mrs. Everywhere, a gimmick where your TV would insert your family into advertisements.

    The novel is full of other, equally accurate predictions…

    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      This is actually about analysing the shows you watch, so it’s invasive, but not insidious in the way, say, the screenshots of hdmi content is.