LG's recent software update has forcibly installed Microsoft Copilot, an AI assistant, on smart TVs without removal options, sparking widespread user backlash over privacy, bloatware, and loss of control. This highlights growing tensions in smart devices, where monetization often overrides user preferences.

It’s wild just how much they’re trying to shove AI down our throats.

  • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    3 days ago

    Some premium brands like Bang & Olufsen sell TVs without adware, I think Panasonic TVs are mostly ad-free for now. Outside of that, most big brands will have “professional” or “commercial” product lines that also don’t have ads. But in all cases you’ll have to pay extra over the TVs subsidized by ads.

    • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      34·
      2 days ago

      pay extra over the TVs subsidized by ads.

      Let’s be very clear, they are not and never were “subsidised by ads”. Ads just became a new way to extract more money from customers.

    • paulcdb@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      that also don’t have ads.

      YET!

      What we need to be pushing is someone like Framework to build fixable TV’s. Plenty of companies now make PI compute style boards so give me a screen I can put my own PI compute style board in and flash my own software.

      Then if JelllyFin added in the tuner side, considering it already has the basics, you’d likely get a ton of business selling custom TV’s that are more useable then the crap we have now. Look how popular the fire sticks got!

      Makes me wish I had a few million to get a TV designed, make a batch but I think demand would be an issue… which begs the question, how is no-one doing it yet? 🤦‍♂️🙄

        • paulcdb@lemmy.wtfEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          So who’s going to make the first TV devices? 😎

          I mean, all you need is the TV with displayport and a compute module and we’re good to go. It’s been done in the past but the devices don’t seem to get traction but with the way things are now, the biggrst hurdle seems to be not getting bought out and shutdown!

      • ViatorOmnium@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        2 days ago

        People that buy commercial displays won’t tolerate adware on their monitors. Can you imagine having a screen in a store and it suddenly displaying ads that are not for what the store sells itself? This ensures there will always be an healthy demand for ad free displays.

    • ramenshaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      2 days ago

      Some premium brands like Bang & Olufsen sell TVs without adware,

      Well, their TVs start around $9k and get up to about $30k. That’d be kinda crazy if they play ads like other brands do.