So I pay 2.5k for a new tv, I set it up. And in my fcking home panel of my tv, ads start to show up?? What the actual fck. This is the last time I buy a Samsung tv
Is this your first smart tv they all have ads
Unfortunately I think its becoming the norm for “smart” devices to have adds and bloatware. Honestly, on my next TV adventure I’m either getting a non-smart tv or never connecting it to the internet and just using a mini PC to view content. This topic makes me inner Louis Rossmann come out lol (he even covered this topic too)
Go to NextDNS. Setup a profile. Block Samsung under Privacy. Link that DNS address with your TV’s DNS address. Ads are gone.
I’m gonna try this when I get home. Thanks for the tip
Definitely going to do that thanks!
Did not realize that this was a thing. Woah
Will this affect YouTube casting and what not from other devices? Because AFAIK changing the DNS would mean the device won’t show up in the list of other devices that are connected to the same network.
That shouldn’t matter, as dns is used for name lookup, you usually connect directly via local ip discovery when casting
Nope, can confirm it doesn’t matter.
is it difficult to do this?
Use yt
No but check the network settings for the TV. Usually listed under DNS.
Noticed this on my QN94. £1,600 for them to target me. Fortunately it’s quite a small tile which I’ve genuinely forgot about after a year
Up until a couple years ago, Tizen didn’t have this problem. Too bad.
Never noticed the ads on mine cause I have my whole network setup with Pi-Hole
I too have Pi-Hole for few years now, but I’m not the most tech savvy person. Is there an easy/foolproof way to update Pi-Hole?
My Sony TV with Google doesn’t have ads except for a banner at the top of the home screen that shows newly added content to the apps I have downloaded.
Do you have a premium Google account? If not that’s probably why you’re seeing ads, although you don’t say what kind of ads they are.
Dumb TVs are making a big comeback for this reason. Alternative is to turn off the wifi and use a Roku / Amazon Fire / Apple TV unit as your interface
My samsung TV got an update that made it start playing some samsung TV stream every time I turn it on and it slows the TV to a crawl while I try to navigate to what I want to watch. Terrible update. Before it would be on the main menu but with whatever streaming app I was using last behind the menu and didn’t lag to death.
My Vizio soundbar likewise also got an obnoxious update. It went from being a soundbar that just plays what i clicked on my TV to something that pushes obnoxious ‘stream this with Vizio’ push messages to the corresponding app. I blocked it from sending notifications but it’s annoying…
You are a soundbar, I want no input from you on what I want to watch. You are a TV, I want you to display what I click and not force auto play episodes of Medium from the 1990s.
Grab a Raspberry pi and setup pihole to filter DNS. Best thing I ever did. The whole house is 90% ad free.
With Samsung though it will block app installs and updates. I just disable pihole via the Web gui for 5 mins while I install apps.
All you have to go do is go into the privacy settings and turn off advertising
Disconnect your tv from the internet and get an Apple TV to plug into it. Much better Ui anyway.
I’m an android guy and I agree with this. Apple TV is simple, elegant and just works. No BS.
That’s not how it is in Sweden. No ads for me.
The right arrow button on the remote stopped working after 1.5 years after the purchase of the TV. I used a potato that is 128$ that price in 2017! it is a tablet for the remote and it is known as the lenovo tab 4 8 and it died so I am using bootleg and sketchy remote to fix that.