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Fridge failures: LG says angry owners can't sue, company points to cardboard box

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Show threadBearOfaTimeMar 1, 2024

Lol.

Any judge worth his salt will ask LG for proof the consumer agreed to arbitration.

Show threaddb2Mar 1, 2024
LG will say that by opening the box they agreed to the terms, Microsoft started that one.
Show threadBearOfaTimeMar 1, 2024

That’s not proof.

What if the delivery company opened it? What if the consumer didn’t see it?

Prove the consumer read it.

Show threadAA5B

Last night the TV I’ve had for three years stopped working until I agreed to their terms of service, including their personal data sales. There was no opportunity to disagree, nor anything I could do with the TV until I did. You could prove I read it, but it’s ridiculous to claim I agreed to it before buying it or that I had any leverage for fair treatment.

I suppose I shouldn’t have had my TV on the network but it has an Apple TV app and my Firestick doesn’t

Mar 1, 2024 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadCuz Mar 1, 2024
@AA5B @BearOfaTime what brand, may I ask
Show threadAA5BMar 2, 2024

Vizio. It wouldn’t even let me use the built in airplay or Chromecast until I agreed to sell my soul.

The only thing that worked was HDMI inputs

Show threadCuz Mar 1, 2024
And can it be factory reset?
Show threadAA5BMar 2, 2024

I plan to reset and keep it off the internet by the end of this month.

The problem was I couldn’t treat it as a dumb TV because of the missing app on my Firestick. It doesn’t help that Firestick has been getting shittier and shittier. And I’m not watching ad infested Prime TV after spending so much money on it

Im disgusted at the whole mess and ready to give Apple more of my money on the hope that Apple TV is not as ad infested as either the Firestick or the TV. Rumor has it there may be a new Apple TV coming out: crap, now I feel like I have to wait and see what my choices are

Show threadCuz Mar 2, 2024
@AA5B yeah the enshittification of streaming TV is well underway. Pretty soon the best option will be to buy a computer monitor
Show threadAA5BMar 2, 2024
It’s long been tough to do. I thought that when I bought my tv a few years back, but the smart tv was cheaper and had much better specs than any similar monitor, and there were many more choices
Show threadBearOfaTimeMar 1, 2024

Uggh, I hate that crap on my TV.

I reset my TV recently… Except apparently I didn’t because it came right back with all my settings. Dammit, I said RESET. wtf.

(Yea, apparently Samsung and others use a feature that once it gets network, it connects to Samsung servers and pulls the config back down if it’s on the same net. Wtf??)

Show threadGreyEyedGhostMar 2, 2024
Stories like this are why I will NEVER buy a TV with built-in smart features. Its only job is to take signals and produce pictures and sound. These days, I don’t even need a TV tuner. If I have to pay for a giant monitor instead, that’s fine, I’ll just wait until I can afford it, or buy smaller.