Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months 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-square311fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
minus-squareeronth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoOr having prebaked fallback ads.
minus-squareEndlessNightmare@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoGetting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
minus-squarejohnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoI can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
minus-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-squarecanthangmightstain@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months 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.
I can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
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Getting outdated ads crammed down your throat for companies or products that no longer exist is a special kind of trolling.
I can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
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
… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
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” 😉
🙈
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.