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There's an easy fix to this. Just use a bit of the savings from your ad-subsidized TV to buy a Chromecast. The continuous HDMI input makes it look like the TV i

by bloppe 2y ago

There's an easy fix to this. Just use a bit of the savings from your ad-subsidized TV to buy a Chromecast. The continuous HDMI input makes it look like the TV is never idle (so it can't show ads), and when the Chromecast itself is idle it just shows you pictures from your photo albums instead of ads, and you still have a smart TV

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
If some party must get my data, Google is not going to be that party.
- neodymiumphish 2y ago
  Presumably, you could replace Chromecast with Roku or Apple TV and get the same result.
  - deleted 2y ago
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  - olyjohn 2y ago
    That's the problem. It's all the same result.
    - neodymiumphish 2y ago
      In this context, I should have probably said "same effect." I'd be curious whether Apple is actually collecting data of nearly the same type or degree as Google or Roku. My guess is they're not. The bigger issue is that it hardly matters, since every app you launch through your TV streamer device is probably tracking your use to a microscopic degree to feed into their analytics and advertising.
  - canadianfella 2y ago
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Marsymars 2y ago
> The continuous HDMI input makes it look like the TV is never idle (so it can't show ads) Why have the TV connected to internet if you've got a third-party device? I've got a Sony Android TV that I plug into internet for firmware updates, then unplug and wipe the storage for the "Google TV" app to get rid of the ads it downloaded while having internet access. (Sony does theoretically support firmware updates via USB, but I couldn't get them to work when I tried.)
jfengel 2y ago
Unfortunately, Chromecast has been discontinued. I liked it. They're going to replace it with a "Google TV Streamer", more capable and more expensive. I really liked the idea that it just took the bits and put them on the screen, and didn't try to do anything else.
quickthrowman 2y ago
Your solution to TV ads is to.. install a device manufactured by the largest advertiser on the planet? FWIW, the least bad option seems to be AppleTV, at least they don’t sell your information.
autoexec 2y ago
You seem to think TV companies wont show ads on non-idle TVs but people have already seen their TVs used to show ads while playing console games or watching movies on bluray As long as people keep paying for ad infested products the ads will get more annoying, aggressive, and invasive until people stop

by bloppe 2y ago

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago

If some party must get my data, Google is not going to be that party.

neodymiumphish 2y ago
Presumably, you could replace Chromecast with Roku or Apple TV and get the same result.
- deleted 2y ago
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- olyjohn 2y ago
  That's the problem. It's all the same result.
  - neodymiumphish 2y ago
    In this context, I should have probably said "same effect." I'd be curious whether Apple is actually collecting data of nearly the same type or degree as Google or Roku. My guess is they're not. The bigger issue is that it hardly matters, since every app you launch through your TV streamer device is probably tracking your use to a microscopic degree to feed into their analytics and advertising.
- canadianfella 2y ago
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Marsymars 2y ago

> The continuous HDMI input makes it look like the TV is never idle (so it can't show ads) Why have the TV connected to internet if you've got a third-party device? I've got a Sony Android TV that I plug into internet for firmware updates, then unplug and wipe the storage for the "Google TV" app to get rid of the ads it downloaded while having internet access. (Sony does theoretically support firmware updates via USB, but I couldn't get them to work when I tried.)

jfengel 2y ago

Unfortunately, Chromecast has been discontinued. I liked it. They're going to replace it with a "Google TV Streamer", more capable and more expensive. I really liked the idea that it just took the bits and put them on the screen, and didn't try to do anything else.

quickthrowman 2y ago

Your solution to TV ads is to.. install a device manufactured by the largest advertiser on the planet? FWIW, the least bad option seems to be AppleTV, at least they don’t sell your information.

autoexec 2y ago

You seem to think TV companies wont show ads on non-idle TVs but people have already seen their TVs used to show ads while playing console games or watching movies on bluray As long as people keep paying for ad infested products the ads will get more annoying, aggressive, and invasive until people stop