A Boring Dystopia

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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)

submitted 1 day ago by FenrirIII@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 18 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Sounds like a reason to never connect your display to the internet

[–] inari@piefed.zip 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Or not owning a smart TV at all

[–] zergtoshi@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Not owning a smart TV almost equals not owning a TV, unless you already own a rather old one (like I luckily do).
Never connecting a TV to the internet is a solution for the smart TV problem; at least for now.