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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Later or Agree
No Disagree optionA rapist mentality.
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.
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.
I wonder how things would go if they made you agree to the terms before being allowed to purchase it.
People bring it to the till, and then just hand it back saying nope.
Seeing the word “smart” in a device description has become a warning flag.
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!
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.
Nope.
Back in the box and straight back to the store.
Like that’s the only thing we got left people and that’s why they are making returns such a bitch now
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.
Here is a private frontend for anyone who doesn’t wanna access twitters awful site:
https://xcancel.com/snwy_me/status/1847396175961641176/This just makes me think of every thread complaining about smart tvs and every comment saying “just buy a monitor!”
LG is on my total boycott list. Samsung, HP, LG.
I would call legal and IT. It’s outside the scope of my role to accept contacts on behalf of the company.
IT here, Plesse don’t involve us… We don’t want to to deal with this bs either
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.
Sounds way more interesting than most IT work as well. I’d definitely rather do some investigative work like this than a typical parade of password resets, email assistance, and software installations.
Hands you a random laptop.
“The thing doesn’t work.”
Refuses to elaborate and leaves.
It and I appear to have the same thing wrong with us. I’m not working on it.
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.
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.
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.
Why? What made you go from favorite monitors to “eat shit”?
This very thread
The phrase “these days” makes it sound like there’s more to it than this thread. Obviously after this post nobody would want to buy LG, but it sounds like there are other reasons.
This isn’t the first time LG tries to pull this shit.
I’ve kept mine disconnected from the internet. I worry eventually that they will force it to be online to be used.
They can’t if it’s never connected to the internet.
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.
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.
Yeah but what functionality does it provide to the monitor?
The ability to serve ads and spy on you…
