So you buy a device but you can't effectively use half of its features because you'd also have to agree to send them your medical records? Ok then if I refuse, will they refund 50% of the device price since now it's not usable any more?
https://www.europe-consommateurs.eu/en/who-we-are/about-us/e...
And file a complaint... As that breaches a dozen or more EU laws. If a lot of people do it in all the countries, it becomes a national issue.
That is the only way you fix things, and yes, we have had multiple successes with companies taking the piss. Even Samsung can not escape as their have officies in the EU and sell products there.
For the folks outside the EU, ... Its a harder fight and you need to look up your local agencies.
People need to step out of this abusive relationship instead of trying to improve it. You will never be happy with a device you don't own.
now that you've done that, which ones are cheap, cuz most people are broke af
If you're broke you shouldn't touch Samsung anyway. Better off buying a Xiaomi and unlocking it.
Sony has done a bunch of evil things (deleting paid media, hiding rootkits in music CDs). Apple abuses their monopoly to force using their web browser and extort a 30% cut of all purchases. Every car manufacturer is tracking every car they sell and selling that data. Retailers are tracking store visits using everything from face recognition to MAC addresses on cell phones.
Boycotting can only do so much. We need regulations to protect people and steep fines for violating them.
I've never owned a Sony (other than a headset) or Apple product either. I am doing fine.
This is they same company whose tvs take pictures of what you are watching and send them back to Samsung.
It's definitely not just Samsung. As bad as this is. The problem is bigger than just them.
Annoying but not a huge deal. I imagine this will slowly get worse as more people learn to not connect it to WiFi.
Also of course all the smart tv features don’t work, and a lot more folks than I ever imagined actually use the built in controller (usually some form of Android or Roku) to watch Netflix and whatnot. And a lot of folks actually do watch the built in TV “channels” a lot of vendors ship with.
It seems very few people buy an additional device like an Apple TV or Nvidia Shield.
You can still set up a temporary WiFi and just kill it after but it's getting pretty insane now.