Ads and social media ruined millennials.
Wait, how did you get YouTube and Twitch to have app channels? This has been my dream for a year
If there is an option to disable, I'm happy. I'm most dismayed when disabling ads require disabling other functionality that I expected to come with the device I bought. Like on my LG tv.
I first noticed after my Sony AF9-65 updated, I called Sony and asked them I my 4000€ TV is showing ads, they didn’t had any clue about it. I disable all google accounts on it ( since I think this is violating the GPRD). I’m waiting for DECO (consumer advocate) to help me what to do next.
What is now becoming apparent is that FaceBook, Google and other social media Advertising giants will do anything to monetise users brains, eyeballs and unborn children !
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Classic "Bait and Switch" - offer something for free and then make new FW and App updates include "Terms and Conditions" so onerous that you are unable to use a product without reluctantly agreeing to them.
Europe's Privacy Laws, currently being seriously looked at by other non USA countries are going to be big news in 2019 as the basis for new Privacy legislation in various parts of the world.
Which brings me to this, now very important banner that Apple displayed recently at CES 2019:
Apple TV 4/4K users running tvOS, do NOT see Ads on their devices and I'm pretty certain they never will.
Man I'm glad I didn't upgrade my Bravia to Oreo!
ASUS Merlin with diversion Or Pi hole is the only way these guys understand Network level ads blocking on everything Xbox ,android tv ,iPhones is the only solution Android phone rooted with AdGuard iPhone jailbroken with host block thireus also works when not on home network
Called Sony support yesterday and they had no knowledge of this issue or of their kb article describing the ‘restricted user’ workaround. They even ’verified’ that they couldn’t replicate the issue on their side with the same firmware. I understand that people are blaming Google for this, but firmware updates are usually somewhat planned and they knew about this for some time. This will be the last Google or Sony product I ever buy. They have demonstrated that they have no moral obligation to not monitor or serve ads from what I do in my home. Sony is complicit in this.
Samsung spams you on your own phone to try to buy their latest whatever. Just that much more unprofessional when it's a work phone that I have no ability to upgrade even if I wanted to.
No ifs, no buts, no education cuts!
I agree that there shouldn't be ads in the OS at all.
I do have to say that anyone complaining about ads in YouTube have a solution: YouTube Premium. No ads, period. The problem is, people don't want to pay for content. This is why you see ads. Servers cost money. Nobody can feasibly provide you free content without monetizing somehow.
If someone has a solution to this, I'm all ears, honestly. I'd love to be proven wrong.
It's all about economics. There's such fierce competition between TV/streaming box manufactures that without some supplemental revenue they just cannot make these devices profitable. How much profit do you think Sony makes on a $2,000 set? Just a few bucks. No one wants to see ads. They are just an unavoidable feature of capitalism. Resistance is futile.
Me: says "NO!" aloud in front of Shield TV, immediately starts getting search suggestions for the word "no".
Turn it off..?
I'll complain & be pissed off if/when they're not user selectable.
(My box is always on so it never comes back IMUC so YMMV)
Suggested Reading: The Transparent Society
It's a book about what privacy is and what it isn't.
Targeted ads are better than un-targeted ones. No one ever gets upset when they learn about something they are interested in through an ad, only ones subjectively labeled as 'intrusive'.
You want ads that are relevant, but don't want to give information to marketers so they can make ads more relevant. Chicken, meet egg.
Literally took me 3 clicks to disable...
They haven't any right on any device you pay even it cost you $50