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Maybe later... how about never, you fucks? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It is endlessly frustrating that companies have universally decided that they won't let people say "no" to stuff, ever. There are no longer options to reject stupid-ass new "features", only postponement until next time you open the app/website/program. They'll continue pestering you for the rest of your life. I realize that my frustration may be a little over-zealous, but we deal with these interfaces dozens of times per day and this is user hostile behavior. There isn't really an option to just use another service or program, since the entire technology landscape has been commandeered by a few major corporations, and they all enact the same shitty things as a group.

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[–] fedev 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I DNS blocked my LG TV services because I got tired of being served with paid content which I do not want to see but they give no choice to opt-out of. For example the recommended movies and TV shows from Amazon Prime. I don't have Amazon and I don't intend to get it. There should be an option to remove that but you can't. Same with the sports section.

So now the TV works as it should. It can't find the source for that content and just hides it.

Get Pi-hole

[–] dditty 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

What domains did you ad to your pihole Blocklist for the LG tv WebOS services you mentioned?

[–] fedev 3 points 11 months ago

Here is what I'm blocking with some comments on what you lose if you block certain domains. A few domains, I commented out because they would otherwise block some feature I actually wanted to use. If you block all, the TV would work but think it is offline:

Block LG Ads and telemetry #address=/lgtvsdp.com/ address=/lgsmartad.com/

needed for App Store

country based

{country_code}.lgrecommends.lgappstv.com

Blocking all

#address=/lgappstv.com/

address=/edgesuite.net/ #address=/ngfts.lge.com/ address=/yumenetworks.com/ address=/smartclip.com/ address=/smartclip.net/ address=/lgtvcommon.com/ address=/meethue.com/ address=/lgtviot.com/ #address=/lgtvonline.com/

Firmware updates

#address=/snu.lge.com/

address=/kic-ngfts.lge.com/ #address=/kic-gfts.lge.com/ #address=/lgtvonline.lge.com/ address=/sports.gracenote.com/ address=/cjpowercast.com.edgesuite.net/ address=/ueiwsp.com/ #address=/lgsmartplatform.com/ address=/NevoAI-IOTHub-52-Prod.azure-devices.net/ address=/m.media-amazon.com/ #address=/lss.lgthinq.com/ #address=/kic-op-lss.lgthinq.com/

Side effect, blocks LG chat support

#address=/lgeapi.com/