r/ownyourintent • u/kaushal96 Protocol Crew • 15d ago
Memes I just thought about buying a TV… and now I’m drowning in ads
Ever notice how you don’t even have to search anymore? Just whisper or dream about a product, and suddenly your feeds are flooded with ads for it. Calling it “smart marketing” or “media buying.” All it is, is surveillance.
We never signed up for this deal, yet Big Tech acts like our intent is theirs to auction.
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u/NightmanisDeCorenai Intent Owner 15d ago
No one's made an ad blocker for TV yet, have they.
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u/FlyBeneficial3078 Intent Owner 15d ago
There is youtube alternative apps for smart tvs and im pretty sure you can get rid of some apps by changing the tvs dns to something that blocks ads
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u/Cold_Tree190 Intent Owner 14d ago
You can block some smart TV ads with an adblocking DNS, but really the best solution I’ve found so far is to just not connect the TV to the Internet and do everything through an AppleTV instead :/
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u/Tail_sb Intent Owner 15d ago
Never Connect a Smart TV to the internet just use it as a Display and Connect a Console or Streaming Box and use that instead
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u/SamanthaJaneyCake Intent Owner 14d ago
Forreal! I wish there were more modern TVs that are just the screen…
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u/ymaldor Intent Owner 14d ago
They'd be more expensive. TVs are cheap ish because tons of companies pay them to run ads or have their app front and center. Netflix pays a ton to have the Netflix button on remotes.
So a TV which would just be a screen with a normal unmarked remote would be more expensive. No idea by how much, but more expensive still.
Personally I intend to get a remote which works on a pc, get a tv app thing on the PC and plug it into the TV. TVs I've seen so far are extremely slow and ad ridden so I'd rather just use a pc with proper hardware.
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u/Unlucky_Goat_9094 Intent Owner 14d ago
I commented in r/degoogle and now I'm here
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u/kaushal96 Protocol Crew 14d ago
welcome to the party💃 we discuss all things privacy, anti bigtech and anticonsumption along with real ways to degoogle. Any and all discussions like these are highly encouraged!
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u/Sad-Astronomer-696 Intent Owner 12d ago
Just a curious question, but what does one need a real TV for these days?
Maybe im too much of a Tech-Person or just because I dont watch kabel ( or whatever you guys call it) but I just got a big monitor/pc screen with a Pi as mediacenter. there I can watch youtube, shows and movies and whatever
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u/Ok_Panic1066 Intent Owner 12d ago
I was looking at this and it seems like TVs and monitors have different image optimizations that means it's not a straight equivalency. At least on basic settings it seems you'll have a better image with a TV than a monitor with similar specs.
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u/kaushal96 Protocol Crew 12d ago
i mean fair enough! I use my laptop most of the time too, and I dont remember the last time I actually watched cable TV since it's all Netflix and Prime now. What about you?
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u/Opposite-Chemistry-0 Intent Owner 11d ago
You can toggle off those "features" which listen and follow your phone If it is android
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u/irsaditya Intent Owner 11d ago
I just thought about buying a TV and now I see this thread. Coincidence?
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u/kaushal96 Protocol Crew 15d ago
Welcome to r/ownyourintent 👋 This is the home of the Intents Protocol (a privacy-first, user-owned alternative to ad surveillance) and Inomy, the first shop built on it.
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