Re: LG smart TVs now show ads on screensavers

On 2024-09-26, JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

On 26 Sep 2024 12:31:50 GMT, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid>
wrote:
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LG has started displaying ads on TV screensavers, intensifying the
proliferation of ads in smart TV software. The South Korean company quietly
announced the move to advertisers on September 5, forgoing a public statement
to consumers.

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If WiFi is not hooked up...no ads?
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Seldom watched TV in past 24 years...Internet mostly

I think what they do is make you connect it to the internet initially,
or it won't ever work.  The various hacker news threads related to this
have a lot of discussion that reveal:

* TV makes now make more money selling your viewing habits than on
  hardware

* The new tech that screenshots whatever you're watching so it can be
  fingerprinted and identified and then that info sold is a big business

* It's getting near impossible to buy a non-smart TV, and that is on
  purpose, they don't want you buying a TV that's not internet connected
  because of the above.

Screw the whole industry. There isn't anything decent worth watching.
And the ad industry, sheesh.