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Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 75 points 6 months ago (14 children)

IF YOU BUY ANY TV, DO NOT CONNECT IT TO THE INTERNET.

Televisions were never meant to be smart devices. There's no reason your screen should have software of its own. That would be like your face having a mind of its own.

Ummm,

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  • [–] 25 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Cell modems are getting cheaper and cheaper, it's only a matter of time before cheap smart TVs will flood the market with always-on telemetry and intrusive personalized ads.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Well then I guess I make the room a giant faraday cage.

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Like the other comment said, if you drive a car made after 2014, don't bother. You drive a rolling tracking beacon regardless of what you do with your smart devices...

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Tracking/privacy and ads are related, but separate issues. Cars might track where you are going, but they aren't showing ads (yet).

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  • [–] 5 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    That sounds like a great reason to return it and buy used lol

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago

    Until a few years later when all the used TVs have cell modems. The same thing is already happening in the used car market, it's getting harder and harder to find a reliable vehicle that doesn't have a cell modem and a long T&C that let's them spy on you.

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