Sahwa@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 hours 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-square237fedilinkarrow-up1829arrow-down16
arrow-up1823arrow-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 · 20 hours agomessage-square237fedilink
minus-squareClydapusGotwald@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·12 hours agoThey can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
minus-squarefestus@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·12 hours agoI can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
minus-squarejohnyreeferseed@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·11 hours agoI can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
minus-squarecanthangmightstain@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours 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-square🌞 Alexander Daychilde 🌞@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 hours 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-squareeronth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·9 hours agoOr having prebaked fallback ads.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 hours 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.
minus-squareWispy2891@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·11 hours 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” 😉
They can’t force me if I don’t connect it to the internet
I can imagine future TVs refusing to work without an always-on internet connection.
I can imagine them shipping TVs with built in cellular data just for ads
… and exactly 2 weeks later modders will have figured out how to get their hands on the yummy free unlimited data inside it.
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
Or having prebaked fallback ads.
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.
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” 😉
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