[altano]

They added auto-playing, full screen video ads to the home screen. I threw mine in the garbage.

Pride and love, lol…

[zinekeller]

> They added auto-playing, full screen video ads to the home screen.

I'm pretty sure this is actually Google's fault (even Sony televisions suffer from this bullcrap). Unlike phone Android, Google TV (yes, that's the official name now) enforces certain "standards", one of them is this bullcrap.

[embedding-shape]

> I'm pretty sure this is actually Google's fault

Who cares who delivered the actual bytes or who initiated the change, the matter of fact is that people buy a device from one company, then the company is responsible for the experience they deliver while it's supported. Since they chose Android, they're responsible for the experience you get when using the stuff you buy from them.

I'd never complain to the maker of a compressor when it dies in a fridge, I'll complain to the one I bought the fridge from. Not sure why we're so adamant on thinking differently regarding computers. NVIDIA might blame Google internally, but feels like consumers are right to be pissed off about NVIDIA changing (or being OK with someone else changing) their experience in a product they bought from NVIDIA.

[vee-kay]

I use an old Amazon FireTV Stick on an old LG LED TV (semi-smart), and neither of them bug me with such fullscreen ads, unless I opt to watch MX content on Amazon Prime (MX is basically third-party ads-funded free OTT content; Amazon Prime requires subscription, and even its standard subscription has occasional ads for Prime content, though Amazon Prime also has a premium pricing tier for ads-free content).

I don't face such third-paety ads nonsense on Netflix and Disney+ (yet), at least on this old FireTV and old LG TV.

Unskippable irrelevant annoying ads and privacg concerns are the main reasons I still steer clear of "smart" TVs.

[umanwizard]

My Sony TV doesn't do this, thankfully

[yonisto]

You could just have download a different home screen... sad.

[xattt]

I did end up switching to Flauncher for a while before getting an Apple TV.

[paulryanrogers]

Does Apple TV have ads for Apple shows in its UI?

[Agingcoder]

Full screen video ads on the home screen ? I don’t see this on mine.

[ycombinatrix]

Yep. I had to switch to an alternative launcher to get rid of them.

[guilamu]

This is Google. Just change the default launcher and you're good.

[paulryanrogers]

Nova Launcher just added advertisements, unless you buy Pro. Ads come for everyone.