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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by wyager on Sunday November 14, 2021 @03:52PM (#29220560)
Every TV is ad-free if you don't give it internet access.
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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by thaumasiotes on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:11PM (#29220753)
Don't they automatically search for any nearby wifi? I remember complaints about that.
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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by jobe_br on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:37PM (#29221413)
Not sure if that was a Vizio thing, but I think Samsung did/does this.
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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by throw10920 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @09:40PM (#29223015)
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29219918

> Some TVs with ads actually have ads pre-loaded on them, so not connecting them isn't sufficient to defeat the ads.

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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by jobe_br on Sunday November 14, 2021 @05:39PM (#29221427)
This. I factory reset my Vizio a couple months ago because it was crashing a lot and I didn’t bother giving it any Internet access this time around. There are also no other WiFi networks nearby.
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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by unnouinceput on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:03PM (#29220680)
or use Pi-hole smartly!
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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by dogma1138 on Sunday November 14, 2021 @11:35PM (#29223741)
A Pi-Hole can also break your TV interface, like it does with Samsung TVs after the recent updates they expect the ads to load when they don’t things get messy.

It’s pretty much a TV + a set top box these days if you want to avoid ads in day to day use with most brands now.

I think out of the major brands only Sony hasn’t been pushing ads so far at least as far as their premium models go.

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Re:Vizio makes more money spying on people who buy TVs than ... by jay3ss on Sunday November 14, 2021 @04:36PM (#29220966)
This is my solution, although it sometimes feels like playing a game of Whack-A-Mole
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