TV operating systems are a crap place to put ads and for Google/Apple they are already extensively monetized through fees on subscriptions, apps, and media rentals and purchases.
I mean, if I see any kind of annoying unskippable ad on the $1000 TV which I own outright, whatever generated that ad is going in the trash can or being disconnected from the Internet if it can't.
Companies would do well to remember the conventions about the places where they can ram ads down our throats and the places where they had best behave.
Recently purchased a Sony Android TV. And in the interest of giving it a fair shout, connected it to my network and signed in. The very first thing I saw was a near as makes no difference full screen advert for the Minecraft movie.
Nothing remotely related to selecting an input source or a channel. Just a straight advertisement pane. There is no opt out. No way to turn off the noise that I could see.
This is a plain statement of what their purpose is - sell advertisements first, display what you want second.
Disgusted with it I’ve factory reset the tv and MAC address banned it from my network.
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Nothing remotely related to selecting an input source or a channel. Just a straight advertisement pane. There is no opt out. No way to turn off the noise that I could see.
This is a plain statement of what their purpose is - sell advertisements first, display what you want second.
Disgusted with it I’ve factory reset the tv and MAC address banned it from my network.
I curse the whole Smart Tv industry.