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'Whoever came up with this is a massive idiot': LG's gaming monitors and TVs are facing a user revolt (www.techradar.com)
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...due to seemingly installing adware on PCs and telling you to warn guests they may be recorded by AI features, to comply with 'wiretapping' laws

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[–] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

Yeah, Pi-hole, with the support of the Firebog community's blocklists, blocks about 99% of this kind of ad (and much more), and I absolutely love it. This is a 120Hz 4K LG OLED TV that I primarily use with my PlayStation 5, although I use LG's built-in operating system for Plex because it's the most convenient option.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (9 children)

    If you watch youtube on the tv does it block ads?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    No, I wish Pi-Hole blocked the ads that are embedded directly into the YT stream. I don't watch YT on my TV only on my computer. If you use Firefox with the uBlock Origin extension, you can block all of those annoying embedded YT ads. I haven't seen ads on YouTube in years, and whenever I watch it without the extension, it feels strange.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah absolutely how I watch youtube but if there was a big screen way I would be so in. I wont pay google thought

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    I presume the LG OS is some version of Android. If you can get into the admin menus or use an android streaming box, there are several YouTube alternative apps that don't show the ads. Pipe pipe is y favorite.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Not android, actually it's WebOS which Palm developed first on their Pré line of smartphones before being bought out and then subsequently destroyed by HP. HP sold the OS to LG who has been putting on their TVs ever since.

    WebOS was way ahead of it's time and actually did a lot of things that both Android and iOS later copied years later.

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