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It. Is. Never. Enough.

You paid hundreds of dollars for a new monitor, but it doesn’t matter. More ads, more profits.

I hate it.

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      As with all these services, the “disagree” option is “stop using our devices and services” which really should be illegal when it’s tied to hardware you already bought it and the terms changed after the fact.

      • oatscoop@midwest.socialEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I bought an LG microwave a few months ago to replace a dead 10 year old Sharp. My favorite “features”:

        • The sticker on the door stating that by using the microwave I agree to LG’s TOS, including binding arbitration.
        • The single 4 minutes and 30 seconds of use I got out of it before the magnetron broke.

        When I returned it they customer service person asked if I wanted it serviced under warranty – hilarious. Bought a Panasonic instead.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      101·
      2 months ago

      Like that’s the only thing we got left people and that’s why they are making returns such a bitch now

  • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    Wait, so the monitor has some sort of network capability?

    I assume it’s full of streaming apps or something and they just also added this fun ad junk to it.

    • cron@feddit.orgEnglish
      6·
      2 months ago

      Generally, we (sadly) see smart monitors come up like smart TVs did ten years ago.

      Some noteable features include streaming apps (netflix…) and wireless screen mirroring from phones.

    • 1984@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      Their TV does but I’m not sure how it works with monitors. Maybe it’s just hardcoded ads in their software. I don’t see how the monitor can have a network connection…

    • pandapoo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      0·
      2 months ago

      Both HDMI and DisplayPort feature USB/Ethernet data link capabilities, and obviously USB-C does as well.

      This is dependent upon the version of the cable, and all other hardware involved, but this is well within the bounds of available ad/surveillance tech.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    Some of my favourite monitors have been from LG but these days I get by just fine never buying any of their products and I will continue to do so. Eat shit, LG.

  • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 months ago

    Returning is not enough. Boycotting is not enough. We need to be marching on the FTC and Congress with torches and pitchforks about this shit!

      • linearchaos@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        IT here, Yes, by all means involve me. I will buy a second monitor and plug it into a known box that is no business going anywhere. I will then block, at the network firewall level, any outbound traffic to anything that thing talks to. If it uses its own MAC address at the head end I will then collect and publish every connection that thing tries to make outside to a blacklist and provide it to the public.

  • ohellidk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    I’ve kept mine disconnected from the internet. I worry eventually that they will force it to be online to be used.

  • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    8·
    2 months ago

    I would return that shit immediately. There is absolutely no use for smart functionality in a computer monitor. I would suspect it’s a TV sold as a monitor and will have the same issues as using a TV as a monitor.

  • Wahots@pawb.socialEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Haha, that’s almost impressive. But no, I will not be buying an LG monitor now.

  • magic_sk@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Looks like it has smart functions, so same software as their TVs and you can actually just decline terms but some functions won’t be available. It’s not just one chcekbox so you can have some smart functions for some privacy. It’s one of the better solutions. Anyway without internet there cannot be any tracking or ads so as a monitor it has just fancier osd.

  • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    4·
    2 months ago

    Seeing the word “smart” in a device description has become a warning flag.

  • folekaule@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    This needs to go viral and be posted in reviews for every monitor with this “feature”. Heck, make a convenient warning icon indicating “adware” for such reviews so I can scroll past them faster.

    No way I’m risking buying a TV or monitor from LG after seeing this. It would go right back in the box to be returned.

  • Marx2k@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    This just makes me think of every thread complaining about smart tvs and every comment saying “just buy a monitor!”

    • Cypher@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Honestly Korean brands are just not options anymore, between the ads from LG and Samsung, and the spying by Hyundai and Kia there’s simply no reason to buy their products.

      • RisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        Don’t literally all car manufacturers spy on everyone all the time to an ungodly degree? Not saying it’s a good thing, but Kia and Hyundai aren’t different here.