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Looking at some comments, I was surprised seeing many complaints about Samsung ads but (as of writing) no one mentions Google doing same thing lately: https://
by rock_artist 5y ago
Looking at some comments, I was surprised seeing many complaints about Samsung ads but (as of writing) no one mentions Google doing same thing lately:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27643208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27643208
- mithusingh32 5y agoThe big difference is with Google you can disable ads for the most part with an ad blocker. Samsung TVs however you cannot. For example I have a pihole server running on my network. I cannot use Disney+ or Hulu on my Samsung TVs. But Nvidia shield and my phone work perfectly. Samsung injects ads into all their apps. Even if you lay for Hulu with no ads, guess what you're still going to get an ad. It won't be a stream stopping ad, but more like ads when you pause a stream.
- rock_artist 5y ago> The big difference is with Google you can disable ads for the most part with an ad blocker. At least from my perspective, any product I buy that impose regression in functionality is a bad practice. It’s the same as if you buy an app and then gets ads in an update.
- iso1210 5y agoGoogle are an advertising company, it would be like complaining about McDonalds selling fast food. Samsung are an electronics company
- rock_artist 5y agoSo should Android start showing ads on your lock screen is that acceptable practice? Or is it acceptable only for Pixel as it’s McDonald’s and evil if it’s a Samsung Galaxy?
- iso1210 5y agoI don't care as I don't use an android as I don't trust google and actively dislike the entire advertising industry and its drain on society. It wouldn't surprise me if google did that. It should surprise me if my oven or fridge did. Sadly it becomes less and less surprising as time goes on.