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People regret buying Amazon smart displays after being bombarded with ads (arstechnica.com)
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“This is getting ridiculous and I'm about to just toss the whole thing and move back to Google,” one Redditor said of the “full-volume” ads for Alexa+ on their Echo Show.

Oh sweet summer child, Google is NOT going to be any better at this. That will just be changing one corporate evil for another.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

For a TV, just don't connect it to a network.

This doesn't work for the Amazon Echo Show though, since internet connectivity is required for its core function.

[–] MintyFresh@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

I know, that's what I do. It's just so bloat ridden it's 5 clicks with a shitty remote to switch inputs. I want a tv with no UI, just a power button, volume, channel, and input. Maybe a menu for color settings. The menus on mine are built to push me to one app or another. Every time I turn it on I have to navigate pop ups and prompts trying to get me to connect it and spend money on one app or another. I just want to go to HDMI 1.