{"id":43760,"date":"2021-11-05T20:10:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T20:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/reg-reader-returns-samsung-tv-after-finding-giant-ads-splattered-everywhere\/"},"modified":"2021-11-05T20:10:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T20:10:12","slug":"reg-reader-returns-samsung-tv-after-finding-giant-ads-splattered-everywhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/reg-reader-returns-samsung-tv-after-finding-giant-ads-splattered-everywhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Reg<\/i> reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Register<\/i> reader triggered a kerfuffle for Samsung after asking the electronics biz if he could disable large and intrusive adverts splattered across his new smart TV’s programme guide.<\/p>\n

Ross McKillop bought the telly from UK retailer John Lewis but felt distinctly undersold when he turned it on to find the internet-connected device displaying advertising on its electronic programme guide menu.<\/p>\n

\"Reg<\/a><\/p>\n

Ross McKillop’s Samsung TV displaying smart ads taking up half the screen space<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

“If you press the menu button to change between like TV or Netflix or, or whatever, even different sources, there’s an advert panel,” lamented McKillop to The Reg<\/i>. “It seems that people accept this.”<\/p>\n

Irritated by the giant advert for Samsung’s own wares, McKillop took to Twitter to ask the obvious question. The answer was surprisingly blunt.<\/p>\n

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Hey, Ross. Congratulations on your new TV. You wouldn’t be able to disable the ads we’re afraid. ^HA<\/p>\n

\u2014 Samsung UK (@SamsungUK) October 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The more annoying [advert],” McKillop told us, “is the one that appears on the application menu, on every menu [level].”<\/p>\n

Such a problem is, sadly, not new, as we reported about a year ago when other Samsung TV customers began wondering where the giant adverts<\/a> splattered all over their TVs’ user interfaces had come from.<\/p>\n

“I expect Netflix to promote Netflix’s products or Netflix programming on a service I pay for because it’s a service,” stormed McKillop, adding that he didn’t expect to have his TV’s manufacturer insert unavoidable advertising into his new box.<\/p>\n