The employers are going to buy a lot of LG TV's and monitors.
this post was submitted on 18 Jul 2026
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Is it 1984 yet
Remember just a few years ago, all the main tech companies and Government were gaslighting the shit out of everyone about the targeted advertising stuff? It's not listening to you! The ADs based on what you're talking about are just coincidental!
Maybe no one remembers this for some reason. Of course they just get away with all the lying
2 Spidermans pointing at each other and it's malwarebytes and McAfee Scam Detector
go away. m'batin
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Awwww shit.
Thanks for the heads up.
Yw
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Connecting your tv to the internet is a terrible idea and has been for years. If you have webos and must connect it for some reason root it, block all updates (they rarely include bug fixes, just make the UI more sluggish with increased advertising), and block all lg ad domains in your router.
||snu.lge.com^ ||su.lge.com^ ||su-ssl.lge.com^ ||snu-dev.lge.com^ ||su-dev.lge.com^ ||nsu.lge.com^
Are the domains to block, formatted for adguard.
Yeah but this is going a step further. This is also happening for PC monitors which are a bit harder to keep away from internet seeing as they connect to your internet-connected computer. Router blocking will help there too of course but the average user will not be able to set this up.
The monitor thing is crazy because I have no idea why you would install software for your computer monitor?? Like the monitor itself isn’t connected to the internet and the adware comes from installing some lg monitor tools suite, and I have no clue why you would do that? Like are people really dead set on changing their monitor input via pc instead of the monitor osd??
Monitor should and does just work. Lg just scams people into installing unnecessary software because it’s harder to shove ads into a computer monitor
Windows does that automatically. The software is part of the LG monitor driver and is distributed through Microsoft's automatic driver setup infrastructure.
There's an obscure GPO that can prevent Windows from auto-installing "related files" but of course most people don't know it exists or that it's yet another core OS feature you have to turn off to use Windows in peace.
To prevent this kind of thing in future, run gpedit.msc and enable “Prevent automatic download of applications associated with device metadata” under Computer Configuration → Administrative Templates → System → Device Installation.
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Dumb TV hooked to the HDMI out on my computer. Jellyfin.
Fuck the billionaires.
That won’t protect you, if you run Windows.
When Windows sees the device as LG through HDMI, Windows Update will pull in and install the adware.
Do you have a dumb TV to recommend? I went searching online a few years ago and literally couldn't find anything other than giant digital screens used to show the menu at fast food restaurants.
Sceptre is about the only company left making dumb TVs anymore.
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I have an "ancient" 720p dumb TV and I refuse to get rid of it because of shit like this. My disabled eyes can't tell the difference between that and 4k anyways
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When I was shopping for a new monitor a while back I stayed away from "Smart" monitors with their own operation system. I'm connecting it to a computer, why would I spend an extra $600 when the exact same monitor without an operating system exists?
Look! You can watch Netflix on this monitor!
Well, yes, there's a PC stuck on it, of course I can.
No, you can watch it without the PC!
Why would I want to use a monitor without a PC?
It's only half again as expensive! It's a steal!
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“Please allow ads on this site. Click OK to learn more.”
Here's the Gamers Nexus report.
TechRadar is a shitty content mill that, in this case, basically just half-asses a summary of the GN video, embeds a few Reddit comments, and calls it ~~macaroni~~ journalism.
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Super short version for those who don’t want to fight the site, some lg monitors install upsettingly comprehensive spyware onto your computer.
Some lg tvs, years down the line, do the same thing to themselves.
And I’m not talking “monitor the images” spyware, I’m talking “listen in on your every word and send the transcript to lg” level spyware. “We have clauses around wiretapping wormed into the user agreement” level spying.
This shit and flock is more what the explosion of data centers is about than LLMs having more power
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"Whoever came up with this......"
Executive with shit eating grin in the corner of the room
"And I'll fuckin' do it again"
Fighting the good fight with Pi-hole and I understand most people cant set it up or afford the hardware but its worth it.
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I'm so sick of this
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