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LG TVs now shows advertisements on screensavers
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2024
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Enshittification
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Advertising on TV and radio stations here in the Netherlands is heavily regulated so people aren't constantly exposed to ads, while these manifacturers can do whatever they like. It is time to start regulating TV manifacturers on data collection and showing (personalized) ads. Shit's getting Orwellian.
After my LG C3 started showing ads I disabled the smart TV part and now use external players only for all our TV's. I don't trust TV screen manifacturers the slightest bit.
You could sue those assholes in The Hague, toch?