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Hisense TVs force owners to watch intrusive ads when switching inputs, visiting the home screen, or even changing channels — practice infuriates consumers, brand denies wrongdoing (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I believe some custom firmware for TVs exist, the issue is that they are relatively new pieces of tech, while routers have existed for a comparatively long time.

[–] fierysparrow89@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Based on the limited experience with a few devices (LG), the SoC in TVs are not new pieces of tech. At all. They seem old and underpowered crap. Similar to DVB-T sticks available for the price of 2 pizzas and a pack of gum on AliExpress.

[–] HexaBack@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 day ago

cfw on smart TVs would be difficult in the first place due to the TVs' heavily TiVo-ized nature (pun not intended)