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/Why is it on the network anyway?
Seeing the word “smart” in a device description has become a warning flag.
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.
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.
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)
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…
That’s tragic, LG monitors used to be great.
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
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.
It’s our hardware so we should be able to select another provider or host our own. Not that I consider ad tracking a “service”.
Looks like it has smart functions, so same software as their TVs and you can actually just decline terms but some functions won’t be available. It’s not just one chcekbox so you can have some smart functions for some privacy. It’s one of the better solutions. Anyway without internet there cannot be any tracking or ads so as a monitor it has just fancier osd.
Wtf??! Wow
I would return that shit immediately. There is absolutely no use for smart functionality in a computer monitor. I would suspect it’s a TV sold as a monitor and will have the same issues as using a TV as a monitor.
