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Samsung TVs start inserting ads into your movies
Thought you could watch that video on your local hard drive without ads? Think again: A number of owners of Samsung’s smart TVs are reporting this week that their TV sets started to interrupt their movie viewing with Pepsi ads, which seem to be dynamically inserted into third-party content. “Every movie I play 20-30 minutes in it plays the pepsi ad, no audio but crisp clear ad. It has happened on 6 movies today,” a user reported on Reddit, where a number of others were...
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It looks like we're going to have to start rooting our televisions too.
I will never buy another Samsung product again.
Good, best way to protest against the evil corps is with your wallet..
This is ridiculous.
That's like the opposite of what people actually want; to remove ads from movies and shows.
It just gets worse and worse. Arrogant much?
I have an older Samsung TV, and was thinking that a couple of years down the road I will upgrade it to a new Samsung as it has served me well. It looks like I wont be doing that, at least not with Samsung.
It's probably been at least 5 years since I watched a commercial. I'm not about to start now.