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.
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Here is a private frontend for anyone who doesn’t wanna access twitters awful site:
https://xcancel.com/snwy_me/status/1847396175961641176/damn Telescreens
Why is it on the network anyway?
Seeing the word “smart” in a device description has become a warning flag.
Me the second I read this: FUCK. THAT. 😠
I was so pissed when I realised most of the feature on my smart monitor were disabled by disallowing network connection. especially when those features where present on my non smart monitor. Things like dual input so having two devices over HDMI / DPI display on separate portions of the screen was fine on my old lg ultra wide but on the new smart ultra wide it is disabled all because I won’t agree to they’re terms.
This should be illegal. That functionality has nothing to do with accepting ads.
This is really upsetting to see them get away with this.
Louis Rossmann has LG as an anti-sponsor. He calls them out for their bullshit in some of his videos.
Smart Monitor is the same as a Smart TV, not surprised
LG is on my total boycott list. Samsung, HP, LG.
I bought an HP printer and God damn it… Never, ever buy a hp printer, and specially if you run Linux.
Why? Doesn’t This exist, ik the hp forcing the software thing yes but is it bad on linux bcs of the software?
I have a HP printer that works perfectly fine on Linux. But it’s from 2015.
Brother is the way to go
Report it as a bug. No matter if it was on purpose, a TV displaying ads is malfunctioning, they have to fix it.
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.
The warning icon should be a purple monkey.
You know I’ve not seen a bonzibuddy in a long long time.
Once it’s established as a way to make money, everyone will add it.
Don’t be surprised to see it added to the GPUs at the output level, just in case you think any screen manufacturers will hold out.
Why on earth have you let your monitor access the internet
Why on earth buy a “smart” monitor. It is a computer. There is a smart device attached by definition.
It’s hooked to a Mac, so most likely on Thunderbolt which would allow it internet access with the video feed. So it’s possible they didn’t have a choice. (This isn’t limited to Mac though)
Do they make thunderbolt cables that support only video, but not network access?
Thunderbolt to HDMI adapter and then an HDMI cable would do that, but more things to add.
That’s fucked up…
So now we just need a MAC filter with a wild card at the firewall?
No more LG products in this house.
This just makes me think of every thread complaining about smart tvs and every comment saying “just buy a monitor!”
Indeed…
A monitor is an output device. It cannot transmit or operate on a network. (inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).
If there’s any ad tracking, it would have to be in your display driver on the PC.
(inb4 ethernet over HDMI: There is no implementation of the spec in the wild).
How about Thunderbolt? This looks like macOS, and while I’m not 100% sure if they utilize HDMI ports anymore, they certainly use Thunderbolt.
Does Mac OS automatically allow random connected devices outbound traffic to any?
Welcome back from the coma, I’m glad you made it through. We have Thunderbolt and USB-C now.
Unfortunately we are not living in the age of CRT monitors being connected over D-Sub anymore.
That’s tragic, LG monitors used to be great.
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.
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.
Yes.
Kia is still a good choice to boycott because they’ll let car thieves start your vehicle with any random USB thumbdrive.
