The home page of my $1700 smart TV has a full page ad about watching ads - eviltoast

I just finished setting up a custom router with dns ad blocking. Next comes a media player so I can purge this smart TV filth from my household.

Huge shout out to Louis Rossmann and the FUTO communuty contributors, check out the wiki on self-hosted software if you haven’t already.

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  • richardisaguy@lemmy.world
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    10 hours ago

    Get a cheap computer and connect the tv to it; get a mouse and bluetooth keyboard or an air mouse if your want to; install kodi perhaps, or just have your bare desktop. Problem solved

    Disconnect the tv to wifi too.

    • TheOSINTguy@sh.itjust.works
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      9 hours ago

      There are some cheap Bluetooth TV remotes so if you want to take some time out of your day, there’s a few Linux distros that ship with similar GUI to some TV’s.