Google is now putting product ads on the home screen of my Sony Bravia TV
Google is now putting product ads on the home screen of my Sony Bravia TV
Up until now I've only seen suggestions for content offered by the various streaming services. Today I started getting ads for a Hyundai car!
I tried to log a support call with Sony but they said they couldn't do anything without a photo of the offending ad. I now have a photo so will try again tomorrow. I know a single support call won't do anything (though I intend to be very persistent), but if enough people log formal complaints maybe Sony will "talk to" Google.
I know this is deep first world problems territory, but I feel really betrayed having a device I paid $2,300 for being used to shove ads in my face.
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This is literally the reason I set up a PiHole.
Not sure a pihole would stop this. I have one running, didn't do much for tv ads.
I've block androidtvwatsonfe-pa.googleapis.com and I have no more sponsored content.
Hmm ok maybe it's time I take another look and research! Thanks
I have one running and just blocked the entire roku domain. No ads, no calling home. Works really nicely.
Roku, however, has decided this means war and breaks my apps roughly once a month (all TVs started doing it on the same day, because I reset them all on the same day most recently, before that they staggered so it’s not a legit app update, they just want me to connect so they can harvest my stored data) so I’ve stopped using the apps and started using old computers. Fuck roku. The interface is nice (when it doesn’t have ads) but the remotes are shit and they are an ad company.
Hmm. I guess it depends on your Blocklist and the TV type. For my Samsung, it worked perfectly.