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You're saying that some TVs will display ads when, for example, I'm using my Switch connected to an HDMI port? What kind of dystopia is this? Do you have an exa

You're saying that some TVs will display ads when, for example, I'm using my Switch connected to an HDMI port? What kind of dystopia is this? Do you have an example of this happening?

tuatoru 4y ago
> What kind of dystopia is this? I've been asking myself that question for quite a while, now. It's got totalitarian states, theocracies, personality cults, total surveillance, random ostracism, flying killer robots, increasingly unstable weather, increasingly unstable economies, the return of the nuclear threat, bitter internal political divisions, and probably more. An "all of the above" dystopia?
fragmede 4y ago
https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/home-and-office/home-entertainment/i-spent-3000-on-a-samsung-smart-tv-and-all-i-got-were-ads-and-unwanted-content/ https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/home-and-office/home-entert...
- nightshift1 4y ago
  In this article, the author is complaining about ads inside the tv's interface and at the end he says that he will continue to use his Apple tv instead. I don't think it means that the tv is showing ads over his Apple tv signal.
waste_monk 4y ago
Not an exact fit but this sort of thing does happen https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/samsung-smart-tvs-forcing-ads-into-video-streaming-apps/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/samsung-smart-t... . Basically any ad-tech nightmare you can think of already exists... targeted advertising, telemetry reporting, replacing ads in content with different ones, etc... Currently smart TV's rely on home internet connectivity, but the current big fear is that they will start using things like Amazon Sidewalk or other 3rd party WiFi providers automatically, or even have manufacturers start embedding 4G LTE or 5G connectivity into the TV's itself so you can't isolate them without taking the thing apart and cutting out the antenna (and hoping there isn't a kill-switch if it can't call home). This has been going on for a long time - part of the reason "dumb" monitors such as digital signage displays are so much more expensive than smart TV's is that they aren't subsidised by ads and telemetry.

You're saying that some TVs will display ads when, for example, I'm using my Switch connected to an HDMI port? What kind of dystopia is this? Do you have an example of this happening?

tuatoru 4y ago

> What kind of dystopia is this? I've been asking myself that question for quite a while, now. It's got totalitarian states, theocracies, personality cults, total surveillance, random ostracism, flying killer robots, increasingly unstable weather, increasingly unstable economies, the return of the nuclear threat, bitter internal political divisions, and probably more. An "all of the above" dystopia?

fragmede 4y ago

https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/home-and-office/home-entertainment/i-spent-3000-on-a-samsung-smart-tv-and-all-i-got-were-ads-and-unwanted-content/ https://www.zdnet.com/google-amp/home-and-office/home-entert...

nightshift1 4y ago
In this article, the author is complaining about ads inside the tv's interface and at the end he says that he will continue to use his Apple tv instead. I don't think it means that the tv is showing ads over his Apple tv signal.

waste_monk 4y ago

Not an exact fit but this sort of thing does happen https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/samsung-smart-tvs-forcing-ads-into-video-streaming-apps/ https://www.cnet.com/tech/home-entertainment/samsung-smart-t... . Basically any ad-tech nightmare you can think of already exists... targeted advertising, telemetry reporting, replacing ads in content with different ones, etc... Currently smart TV's rely on home internet connectivity, but the current big fear is that they will start using things like Amazon Sidewalk or other 3rd party WiFi providers automatically, or even have manufacturers start embedding 4G LTE or 5G connectivity into the TV's itself so you can't isolate them without taking the thing apart and cutting out the antenna (and hoping there isn't a kill-switch if it can't call home). This has been going on for a long time - part of the reason "dumb" monitors such as digital signage displays are so much more expensive than smart TV's is that they aren't subsidised by ads and telemetry.