Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days 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-square207fedilinkarrow-up1706arrow-down15cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmy.world
arrow-up1701arrow-down1external-linkHisense 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.comSahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square207fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.worldhardware@lemmy.world
minus-squareleoj@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoWas gonna say, LG does the same thing. So far my only TV that hasn’t forced things in an absurd way has been my Sony… Guess what Sony just did? (Sold their Bravia TV line to TCL…)
minus-squarepanda_abyss@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoI’ve never connected my LG TVs to the internet and they work pretty well. I hear you can jailbreak them, which is appealing to me.
minus-squareleoj@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoNo shit? I might have to try that, only problem is my spouse will kill me if I break it… (primary TV)…
minus-squareleoj@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·6 days agoMine definitely does, disables applications and will lock the screen on update demand if you go long enough. At the bottom of the tv says it LG.
Was gonna say, LG does the same thing.
So far my only TV that hasn’t forced things in an absurd way has been my Sony… Guess what Sony just did? (Sold their Bravia TV line to TCL…)
I’ve never connected my LG TVs to the internet and they work pretty well.
I hear you can jailbreak them, which is appealing to me.
No shit? I might have to try that, only problem is my spouse will kill me if I break it… (primary TV)…
Um…no they don’t?
Mine definitely does, disables applications and will lock the screen on update demand if you go long enough. At the bottom of the tv says it LG.