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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 (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] 13 points 8 months ago (9 children)

Was gonna say, LG does the same thing.

So far my only TV that hasn't forced things in an absurd way has been my Sony... Guess what Sony just did? (Sold their Bravia TV line to TCL...)

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  • [–] 7 points 8 months ago (4 children)

    I’ve never connected my LG TVs to the internet and they work pretty well.

    I hear you can jailbreak them, which is appealing to me.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    Are people loading AOSP on there or something? I'm tired of the telemetry and ads LG built in, but my blocklists have seemed to block one of my LG TVs from working. I have a disabled adult in my home and I think Kodi might be too complex for them.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago*

    Nothing like Android no. You get the ability to install apps not available in the webOS store, homebrew basically. This is useful for running hyperion (open source project) for driving your own LEDs behind the TV for ambiance. I haven't peeked in that scene in a year or two but last time I did, the latest TV's or latest updated TV's were not easily hackable.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    The person I was talking to just said they had jailbroken WebOS (LG runs webOS not android) and could do whatever.

    Mine's never connected to the internet before, so I don't really feel any need to jailbreak it. Though apparently you can ssh in and do stuff, and that sounds kinda cool.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Sony offloaded manufacturing to TLC. They made a joint venture and TLC gets to manufacture and distribute them, Sony does development. Sony still has control. What we may see in the future is build quality decline. I doubt it's gonna effect the software much.

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