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TCL TVs will use films made with generative AI to push targeted ads (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

This is annoying. Idk how we fix it.

Product placement was the least annoying. I’m pretty sure we all wanted to know why the original Daredevil law office had Progresso bread crumbs in their coffee corner, so it’s not like it went unnoticed.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Idk how we fix it.

Simple. Don’t buy a TCL television. If you do have one, or any other brand of “smart” TV then for gods sake do NOT connect it to the internet.

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

And even then, there have been smart TVs caught sniffing for same brand devices and open networks to connect to the web.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I’ve not heard of that… Got any links to articles about it?

[–] lepinkainen@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Samsung did it, there was a Reddit thread where one users TV used a neighbours open WiFi to connect automatically

[–] qyron@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I'm only getting trash results now but there was an entire discussion on one of lemmys communities about tech safety and privacy and one user went into a lot of detail and provided articles on it.

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 5 days ago

I bought a Philips one. Turned off WiFi cause my mom doesn't use streaming much, and to get rid of those effing "accept cookies?" pop-ups. Every once in a while it suggests to connect to the network. 😑😑

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

We don’t do “smart” TVs. We set up our own systems.

[–] buttfarts@lemy.lol 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Buy a large flat computer monitor and plug a small PC into it

[–] reksas@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

i wonder how long until they start putting shit to those too

[–] AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apple's monitors have an entire OS in them. They have much of the same internals as an iPad. Honestly, I have no idea why, because they don't do anything especially fancy.

Samsung makes "smart monitors" with Tizen or some shit like that.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 2 points 5 days ago

Apple wants you buying from them. Remember how a simple charging cable was a problem back with the first iterations of the iPhone.

[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

Isn’t that the entire idea behind Windows 11. Well, not the entire, it’s also about DRM.

[–] MonkeyBrawler@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

You get a pirate ship and a nas to store your booty. Maybe a few specter TVs while they exist.