Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV

Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by worrycue on Friday October 29, 2021 @01:29AM (#29035471)

> Unfortunately, if you're in the market for a real high-end TV, you often don't have another option

What about Sony?

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by deergomoo on Friday October 29, 2021 @03:43AM (#29036221)

I will admit I haven't checked very recently, but when I was looking earlier in the year, Sony's offerings were a good bit more expensive than Samsung or LG for an equivalent panel and lacked some features important to me like VRR.

Plus, doesn't Android TV have ads anyway? I haven't used it extensively but a quick search seems to suggest it does.

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by archontes on Friday October 29, 2021 @04:38PM (#29043276)

Yeah, I have a Sony X800H, and I foolishly installed an update early in 2021 that added irremovable ads to the home screen.

I haven't figured out how to roll the firmware back, but I have blocked basically all of the domains it accesses with pihole, and after a cache clear, it only displays default messages imploring the user to check out youtube and other google products. It's inoffensive enough that I haven't continued exerting effort to quash them.

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Re:Samsung UK admits you can’t disable ads on Samsung smart TV by LinAGKar on Saturday October 30, 2021 @04:27AM (#29047076)

Or Philips

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