Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-dollar Sony Smart TVs

Posted by whalabi on Friday April 05, 2019 @02:59AM
from the arstechnica.com dept.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/04/google-pilot-program-puts-a-row-of-ads-on-the-android-tv-home-screen/

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Re:Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-... by wyld_one on Friday April 05, 2019 @06:56PM (#19587819)

Every time I see one more way advertisers force their garbage on you, I think of drug dealers. Wake up, we are allowing this to happen.

As for Google - shame on you.

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Re:Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-... by aiCeivi9 on Friday April 05, 2019 @04:37AM (#19580787)

After the shit Samsung, LG and now Sony did I don't plan to connect any TV to internet, ever. Separate box&remote is small price to pay.

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Re:Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-... by BFLpL0QNek on Friday April 05, 2019 @05:22AM (#19580960)

That looks to be the issue though, it’s a generic Android TV update so any generic standalone Android TV box is just as likely to get it unless you run custom firmware.

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Re:Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-... by thatguy27 on Friday April 05, 2019 @01:02PM (#19584597)

What did LG do? (I've got one.)

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Re:Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-... by aiCeivi9 on Friday April 05, 2019 @03:27PM (#19586132)

http://doctorbeet.blogspot.com/2013/11/lg-smart-tvs-logging-...

Or lets look how LG explained it to advertisers: https://youtu.be/jffJWEPMt1E?t=46

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Re:Android TV update puts home-screen ads on multi-thousand-... by thatguy27 on Saturday April 06, 2019 @09:34AM (#19590644)

Thanks!

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