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Comment on Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing

GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’m feeling a lot less crazy having my strict rule on AV equipment:
It should work out the box without connecting to the internet, and it shouldn’t be connected without a damned good reason.
To the point that I insisted on setting up the PS5 and playing a game on it before connecting, just to be sure.

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Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That’s my only gripe with my ONN box… the remote gets updates. seems sus. But I don’t give it microphone permissions so hopefully that’s sufficient.

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- JcbAzPx@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  One hint that it’s still listening is if it runs through batteries too fast. If it lasts at least a year, you should be okay. I had to get a Chinese knock-off remote without a microphone for my last TV to stop it.
  
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  - Canconda@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Good to know. Lasted a year on some crappy amazon batteries so I think it’s turned off.
    
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MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yep. My LG is not configured for internet. I updated it once with a USB stick. There is no reason to connect tv or speaker to internet. A good antenna gets me critical stuff.

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