Menschlicher_Fehler comments on LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking

[–] Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org 79 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Bought a LG TV and a Monitor three years ago. Last time I will do that. Really happy about my decision not to let the TV have access to the internet.

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[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 31 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Good luck finding a brand NOT doing it by the time you're ready for a new one.

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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 11 points 1 month ago

A lot of bad ones out there, but some are worse than others. For example, I'm not going to consider a Samsung TV because of how many times they've done something sketchy

LG is also falling down the list with this incident

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Yeah fist time I saw an ad on my smart monitor I reset it and never connected it to my wifi again

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[–] thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app 29 points 1 month ago (1 child)

What's the point of a smart monitor? It's connected to a PC. The PC is smart.

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[–] makyo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I’d love to know who wants all that extra crap

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[–] TehWorld@lemmy.world 1 point 1 month ago

About 90% of Society. If you told my mom she was going to have to plug in a device and use another button on her remote (input) she’d look at you like you were asking her to replace a CPU on a computer. Can I do that? Yeah, I can but it’s delicate work fraught with danger.

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