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The home page of my $1700 smart TV has a full page ad about watching ads (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I just finished setting up a custom router with dns ad blocking. Next comes a media player so I can purge this smart TV filth from my household.

Huge shout out to Louis Rossmann and the FUTO communuty contributors, check out the wiki on self-hosted software if you haven't already.

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[-] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I mean... Historically I find the superbowl ads (and the halftime show) more entertaining than the actual game, but damn that is shitty.

[-] alphapuggle@programming.dev 3 points 2 months ago

https://xdaforums.com/t/app-firetv-noroot-launcher-manager-change-launcher-without-root.4176349/

There's an Android TV version in there as well (ik the article says Fire TV)

I use this and ATVLauncher Pro

[-] mat@jlai.lu 3 points 2 months ago

For now I have an androidTV but I guess that whent I have time, it will be HDMI only (androidTV is quite buggy on it) and after that, I will look for a dumbTV

[-] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Oh, and if anyone knows why pfBlockerNG might fail to update some DNSBL AND IPv4 feeds during cron events, I'd be forever grateful. I'm getting tired of my router crashing every hour.

[-] humanspiral@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Where can I pirate the ads instead of paying for your TV service?

[-] wazoobi@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I'm trying to understand why this is marked as NSFW... I must be missing something?

The intrusion of ads is annoying AF, I agree. I'll have to look into that link for DNS ad-blocking, thanks!

[-] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I tried to search modern basic TVs without the ”smart” stuff. I only found few from Philips and Procaster. Also all of them were small 24”-32” and only 720p.

Fuck ”Smart” TVs!

[-] Libb@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

We have not owned a TV since the 00s and have no intention of buying one any time soon, but I had a look at the FUTO website you linked and it's interesting read (even for the non-expert I'm).

Thx for sharing :)

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