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Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by lultimouomo on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @08:32AM (#9032689)
> By either selecting that I agree or by not selecting that I disagree, I agree to the Yahoo Connected TV Terms of Service

Written under the deselected "I Agree" checkbox, with no "I disagree" option visible.

This has to be some kind of record. And on a TV that you paid hundreds if not thousands of dollars, not in some spooky shareware download.

Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by userbinator on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @08:50AM (#9032800)
In other words, they're trying to say

    agree = iAgree || !iDisagree;
and the disagree option is somehow missing, so they can conveniently default it to being unselected and you're "agreeing" whether or not "I Agree" is selected. Damned if you do, damned if you don't...
Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by verytrivial on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @10:21AM (#9033301)
This reminds me of Android's terrible UI for opting in to GPS snoop recording^H^H^HGoogle Location Services: You can either (disagree) OR (agree and not answer again). It is not possible to to disagree once and for all! It's like they're trying to catch you off guard.
Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by higherpurpose on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @10:42AM (#9033429)
They are. Also when you enable GPS you enable it for everything, which also sucks. Maybe I want GPS to only work for the Nav app.
Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by asavadatti on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @02:20PM (#9034995)
Also the Google Now app constantly asks you to enable Google search history with no option to permanently ignore the question.
Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by omega_rythm on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @10:04AM (#9033180)
I guess the text tries to cover both opt-in and opt-out dialog boxes, which perhaps indicates that somewhere in the admin level configuration is an option to choose which mode the service should work in.

Or Samsung and Yahoo just did not understand each other and this dialog is a collateral damage.

Re:Samsung's smart TVs are inserting unwanted ads into users... by a3n on Wednesday February 11, 2015 @09:34AM (#9033009)
Not defending it, but I notice there's a scroll button at the bottom of that panel. Perhaps disagree is below the fold.