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In what application does a LG TV show you ads?

I get the spying part, as long as we talk about the standard "needs a internet connection to do whatever a Smart TV does these days".

Or is there more to it?

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> In what application does a LG TV show you ads?

The home screen/main menu shows ads on the left hand side all the time.

In my case, in Australia, it's often "BigPond Movies" which I'm not a subscriber to.

See for example this screenshot from a review...

https://www.idgcdn.com.au/dimg/1200x1200/dimg/img_20170518_1...

Interesting. No, I don't have that.

Maybe a country specific thing or even outright prohibited in Europe.

Probably just country specific, we have the ads here in Finland as well.

Not prohibited in Europe (at least, not in the UK) - I get them on my LG too.

yes, you can get rid of that quite easily though and preserve your viewing privacy (LG collect all they can on you as well). You just have to block your TV's MAC address at the router.

Why is your TV connected to your network if you're going to block it's address at the router?

When letting the TV onto your network but restrict its internet access, you can still stream content from a DLNA capable media server onto your TV.

If you have a newer webOS tv, clicking on the 'apps' button should take you to an overlay that displays ads along with the installed apps in a row at the bottom.

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