this post was submitted on 11 Mar 2026

973 points (99.5% liked)

Technology

82524 readers

4214 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related news or articles.
Be excellent to each other!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

L3s@lemmy.world

enu@lemmy.world

technopagan@lemmy.world

L4s@lemmy.world

L3s@hackingne.ws

973

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)

submitted 1 day ago by throws_lemy@reddthat.com to c/technology@lemmy.world

283 comments fedilink hide all child comments

(page 4) 50 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

I bought mine a few years ago, never connected to the internet, never had a problem.

Now I'm definitely never connecting it.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago

Time to tear the thing apart and patch the firmware.

[–] ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (33 children)

Anybody have un-enshittified 4k tv recommendations?

Mainly want good picture quality for movies + high refresh rate for games.

[–] crossover@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

LG OLEDs are still great. Mine is not connected to the internet and use an external media box (AppleTV). It can be set to turn on to the last used HDMI input instead of the Home Screen. I never see the LG OS.

load more comments (32 replies)

[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Damn. Just bought a Hisense fridge last week. I hope I won't have to watch an ad before it lets me get the mayo.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

I'm sorry Dave. I can't let you do that.

load more comments (4 replies)

[–] rumba@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ohh it's not wrongdoing and when we refuse to buy anything from them, they're getting what they gave.

[–] TrollTrollrolllol@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I reminds me I should start writing my clickbait "(Millennials/GenZ/GenA or whatever) are killing TV manufactureres" article

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago

Bought a new TV and this is precisely the reason why it will never be connected to the Internet. I miss out on the built-in AirPlay which is annoying but I'll live.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

I'm never buying another TV again. I got a 48" OLED computer monitor that is now my TV. And I don't have to use that HDMI garbage.

[–] Bombastic@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 day ago

Holy shit, glad I put my hisense behind a pihole blocking all domain lookups and never updated it

[–] leftascenter@jlai.lu 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Ads help pay for the smart part of the TV" /s

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"the ads help us make more money above and beyond all the apps who've paid us to pre-load their shit on our product"

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] tabular@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

"I didn't do anything wrong", says man who doesn't understand the concept of consent or ownership.

load more comments