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LG TVs and monitors said to surveil users and install bloatware without asking
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this post was submitted on 17 Jul 2026
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My lg TV is late 2024. When I first got and was setting it up, asked me to connect to the internet, something about benefits, AI. I was like are you insane TV? you will NEVER have access to the internet, this is exactly why my nvidia shield is locked in a old 8.9 version and pihole block all the things.
You should update the Shield. You'll get security updates and the Pihole will remove ads.
After the dashboard change on my shield, I simply installed projectify as the new launcher. Now I only see what I want without ads.
yeah I have it as well
You can root it and disable the updates. If you don't accept the terms, the ai tool isn't working.
There's a new root way released recently that most likely works with your model.