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The home page of my $1700 smart TV has a full page ad about watching ads(sh.itjust.works)

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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.

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Maggoty@lemmy.world
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To be fair, the super bowl ads are seen as part of the entertainment by many people and the companies generally do go out of their way to make the funniest or cutest ads of the year. Any other time I would fully agree with you.

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galanthus@lemmy.world
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This is insane.

USA really is a cyberpunk dystopia.

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Maggoty@lemmy.world
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Yeah. Yeah it is. I was in Times Square recently and had the thought that this was the glitzy permanent neon lighting to go with all the other stuff.

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