this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That’s the way everything is going. There are ways to protect yourself like running a pihole, but most people cannot do that themselves.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I wonder how long it will be for the subscription fatigue to reach the tipping point where companies face the reality they can't all have successful subscription services.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

On my LG TV I have tried from time to time to switch to UK region (instead of Norway) to try to get more functionality. I did notice that when my region is Norway, I actually get an option to disable ads, and that option did not seem to exist for the UK region.

Possibly because ad laws are stricter in Norway?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure I have that option in the US and I don’t think we have any ad laws lol

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

So it's only UK who has no escape from ads? lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ads and Subscription services are going to doom us all!

I should be able to drive a car, wash my clothes, bake a cake, microwave popcorn, grab a cold drink from the fridge, turn my air down, lock my door, etc....WITHOUT having to see an ad or pay for the correct temperature/feature etc!!!! IMO

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I’ve never connected my LG TV to the network and never will. It’s a display and nothing more for my media center PC and gaming consoles. This right here is precisely why that is.