The home page of my $1700 smart TV has a full page ad about watching ads

[alk@sh.itjust.works]

Yep, all 5 years old. I don't see a need for another one quite yet when even the newest streaming devices still don't measure up.

[alfredolin@sopuli.xyz]

This feels like my Philips. It has gotten so damn slow lately.
I thought I had partially cleaned the system and yesterday I did a check and removed 25 apps. 25. Most of it was co.uk.freeview shit... was it there on my previous cleanup? Doubt. Did I install that? No.

[dx1@lemmy.ml]

Adb is just an interface between computer and phone, the packages it lists may not be every system component, you can add anything in at kernel level, or also just not list it in that interface.

[pimento64@sopuli.xyz]

My TV has an even better operating system, Linux, because it's a display panel with an old laptop connected to it. Imagine seeing advertisements on your television screen, couldn't be me.

[maccentric@sh.itjust.works]

Any issues popping up (especially from the old version of Android)?

[alk@sh.itjust.works]

No, it's smoother than even my brand new Google TV chromecast that it replaced. I replaced the default launcher with something easier for my elderly mother to understand because she kept getting confused with other devices. It's snappy, has all the apps I have needed, and was easy to set up.

[maggoty@lemmy.world]

To be fair, the super bowl ads are seen as part of the entertainment by many people and the companies generally do go out of their way to make the funniest or cutest ads of the year. Any other time I would fully agree with you.

[girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works]

Sounds like they might have the capability to just network block the device from their router too. At least that's what I do, just in case someone tries to use it.

[grue@lemmy.world]

And then buy a non-smart TV instead. At least one company, Sceptre, still makes them. (I don't want to make it seem like I'm shilling for a particular brand, but I genuinely don't know of any other options, aside from commercial signage displays.)

[grue@lemmy.world]

You have to reject smart TVs at the time of purchase, or manufacturers think this shit is okay and will keep escalating until even an Nvidia Shield won't save you.

[humanspiral@lemmy.ca]

Where can I pirate the ads instead of paying for your TV service?

[galanthus@lemmy.world]

This is insane.

USA really is a cyberpunk dystopia.

[yournamehere@lemm.ee]

no. smart tvs are not phones.