Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 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-square347linkfedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down19
arrow-up11.11Karrow-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 · 7 days agomessage-square347linkfedilink
minus-squareClydapusGotwald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·7 days agoThey can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
minus-squareCryxtalix@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoBet there are children that need protecting!
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·7 days agoI can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
minus-squarejohnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·7 days agoI can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
minus-squarecanthangmightstain@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 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-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 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-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·7 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-squareeronth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·7 days agoOr having prebaked fallback ads.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoGetting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·7 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.
I can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
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
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” 😉
🙈
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.
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.