Roku Plans to Inject Ads via HDMI: Adblocking is COMPLETELY JUSTIFIED, and your duty as a citizen

Louis Rossmann
5 Apr 202412:04

Summary

TLDR视频讲述了Roku公司在用户同意方面的争议,特别是其强制仲裁协议和专利申请中提到的在设备暂停时插入广告的做法。演讲者强调消费者对广告的道德和伦理责任,并鼓励使用广告拦截器来对抗不尊重消费者同意的公司行为。

Takeaways

  • 🚫公司如Roku对用户同意的概念存在问题,强制用户接受新的服务条款,如强制仲裁协议。
  • 💭作者将某些公司的行为比作‘强奸心态’,意指这些公司不尊重用户的同意,采用不正当手段强迫用户服从。
  • 📺Roku申请的专利允许在设备通过HDMI输出到电视时插入广告,即使原始内容不含广告。
  • 🛒消费者购买电视和内容时,期望的是无广告的体验,而不是被迫接受广告。
  • 🔒作者提倡使用广告拦截器,即使自己的YouTube频道通过广告获得收入,也鼓励观众使用广告拦截。
  • 🔑公司不断改变销售条款,如在产品购买后添加强制仲裁协议或在内容中插入广告,这违反了消费者的预期。
  • 💬作者认为,鉴于行业对用户同意的不尊重,消费者有道德和伦理责任避免广告。
  • 📱智能电视默认设置可能包括数据收集和个性化广告,作者建议消费者不要连接智能电视至互联网。
  • 🛠️作者反对基于价格对消费者的判断,强调消费者应得到尊重,不应被迫接受广告。
  • 📢作者呼吁消费者站起来反对行业这种掠夺性和恶心的行为,保护个人隐私和数据安全。

Q & A

  • Roku公司近期遇到了什么问题?

    -Roku公司近期遇到的问题是关于用户同意的概念问题,即在没有用户同意的情况下强制用户接受新的服务条款,包括强制仲裁协议,以及可能在未来的专利中插入广告。

  • 为什么演讲者认为这些公司具有所谓的“强奸犯心态”?

    -演讲者认为这些公司具有所谓的“强奸犯心态”,因为他们采取了一些不考虑用户同意的实践,使用不正当手段强迫用户接受他们的服务条款或广告,这种行为类似于对用户的隐私和选择权的侵犯。

  • 演讲者提到的“强制仲裁协议”是什么?

    -“强制仲裁协议”是指用户在使用某些服务或产品之前必须同意的法律条款,这些条款通常要求用户放弃通过法院解决争议的权利,而只能通过私下仲裁来解决问题。

  • Roku的专利申请是关于什么的?

    -Roku的专利申请是关于在设备暂停媒体内容时,电视能够检测到暂停事件并插入定制广告的技术。这意味着即使用户通过HDMI输入观看的内容原本没有广告,电视也能在暂停时插入广告。

  • 演讲者为什么鼓励观众使用广告拦截器?

    -演讲者鼓励观众使用广告拦截器,因为他认为即使他通过广告获得收入,观众花费的时间和隐私比他从广告中获得的微小收益更为重要。他希望观众能够控制自己的观看体验,避免不必要的干扰和隐私侵犯。

  • 演讲者对于购买电视后被插入广告的行为有何看法?

    -演讲者认为,即使用户为电视和内容支付了全价,也不应该在购买后被插入广告。他认为这种行为是对消费者同意权的不尊重,是一种行业趋势,需要消费者通过使用广告拦截器等方式进行抵制。

  • 演讲者提到了哪些方法可以帮助用户避免广告和隐私侵犯?

    -演讲者提到了使用广告拦截器如uBlock Origin、PF Blocker和OPNsense等,以及连接自己的设备(如Linux盒子)到电视上,避免使用智能电视操作系统,以此来避免广告和隐私侵犯。

  • 演讲者如何看待智能电视默认设置中的隐私侵犯问题?

    -演讲者认为智能电视默认设置中的隐私侵犯问题是一个严重的问题,因为这些电视默认会收集用户的个人数据并可能出售给第三方,而不是保护用户的隐私。他建议用户在购买电视后检查并调整这些设置。

  • 演讲者对于内容创作者和消费者之间的关系有何建议?

    -演讲者建议消费者如果喜欢某个内容创作者,应该直接通过链接或其他方式支持他们,而不是通过观看广告来支持。他认为观看广告对消费者的时间损失远大于创作者从广告中获得的微小收益。

  • 演讲者对于当前广告行业的整体态度是什么?

    -演讲者对当前广告行业的整体态度是负面的,他认为这个行业变得越来越具有侵扰性和不道德,不断侵犯用户的同意权和隐私,消费者应该采取措施抵制这种趋势。

Outlines

00:00

🚫对Roku公司侵犯用户选择权的批评

该段落讨论了Roku公司被指控侵犯用户同意权的问题。作者通过比喻,将公司的某些行为比作强奸犯心态,即不顾用户同意与否,只关注自身利益。作者提到了之前对独立维修人员的错误指控,以及Roku公司通过强制仲裁协议限制用户使用电视的行为。此外,还提到了Roku申请的专利,该专利允许在电视设备检测到内容暂停时插入广告,即使用户通过HDMI输入观看的内容原本没有广告。作者认为这种行为是对用户选择权的侵犯,并且强调了消费者使用广告拦截器的道德和伦理责任。

05:00

💰广告与消费者权益的冲突

在这一段中,作者讨论了广告与消费者权益之间的冲突。他提到,尽管他通过广告获得收入,但他仍然鼓励观众使用广告拦截器,因为这会减少广告对观众时间的浪费。作者认为,即使观众通过观看广告为他带来微薄的收入,这也不足以让广告成为对观众时间的公平要求。他强调,消费者现在面临的问题是,即使他们为电视和内容支付了全价,也不能避免广告的侵扰。作者提到,他通过连接自己的设备来避免广告和监视,并且他认为这是消费者的道德和伦理责任去尽可能地避免广告。

10:02

🛠️对智能电视侵犯隐私的警告

最后一段讨论了智能电视对用户隐私的侵犯。作者提到,尽管他购买了一台高端的智能电视,但电视默认设置中包含了许多侵犯用户隐私的功能,例如监视用户观看内容的选项,以及默认关闭的不出售个人信息的设置。作者警告说,智能电视内置的麦克风可以监听用户在客厅的对话。他强调,消费者应该意识到智能电视的这些不友好选项,并采取措施保护自己的隐私和数据。作者呼吁观众支持他们喜欢的创作者和记者,而不是通过观看广告来资助他们。

Mindmap

Keywords

💡Roku

Roku是一家流媒体设备公司,主要提供电视和流媒体播放器。在视频中,Roku被批评为不尊重用户同意的概念,通过强制仲裁协议和专利申请来插入广告,侵犯了用户的隐私和选择权。

💡consent

同意是指用户对某项行动或条件的明确许可。在视频中,提到某些公司,包括Roku,采取了不尊重用户同意的行为,如强制用户接受新的服务条款,以及在用户不知情的情况下插入广告。

💡patent application

专利申请是指个人或公司向政府机构提交的一份文件,旨在获得对其发明的独家权利。在视频中,Roku的专利申请涉及在电视暂停内容时插入定制广告的技术,这被认为是对用户观看体验的侵犯。

💡forced arbitration agreement

强制仲裁协议是一种法律条款,要求消费者在与公司发生争议时,通过仲裁而非法庭解决。视频中提到,Roku通过更新条款强制用户接受这种协议,这被认为是剥夺了用户通过法律途径维权的权利。

💡advertisements

广告是指为了推销产品、服务或理念而付费的公告或宣传信息。在视频中,广告被批评为侵犯用户隐私和观看体验的一种手段,尤其是当用户已经为内容付费时,不应该再被插入广告。

💡smart TV

智能电视是指具备联网功能、能够安装应用程序和进行多媒体播放的电视。视频中提到,智能电视通常会收集用户数据并插入广告,侵犯了用户的隐私。

💡privacy

隐私是指个人或组织保护其私人信息不被公开或未经授权的使用的权利。在视频中,隐私被强调为用户的基本权利,而Roku和其他公司通过其产品和服务侵犯了这一权利。

💡consumer rights

消费者权利是指消费者在购买商品和服务时应当享有的基本权益,包括知情权、选择权、公平交易的权利等。视频中提到,公司通过改变销售条款和插入广告,侵犯了消费者的这些权利。

💡data mining

数据挖掘是指从大量数据中提取或挖掘信息的过程,常用于分析消费者行为和市场趋势。在视频中,数据挖掘被批评为侵犯用户隐私的行为,因为公司通过收集用户的个人数据来进行广告定位。

💡ad blockers

广告拦截器是一种软件或工具,用于阻止网页上的广告显示。视频中提到,使用广告拦截器是消费者对抗侵犯隐私和观看体验的一种手段。

💡moral and ethical duty

道德和伦理义务是指个人或组织应遵循的道德准则和伦理标准,以确保行为的正当性和合理性。在视频中,作者认为消费者有道德和伦理上的责任去避免广告,因为广告行业已经不尊重用户的同意和隐私。

Highlights

提到了Roku公司存在的问题,即对用户同意的概念不尊重。

批评现代公司采用类似强奸犯的心态,即不考虑用户是否同意,只关注自身利益。

举例说明汽车制造商曾投资2500万美元,以误导公众,将独立修理工与性侵犯相提并论。

讨论了Roku强制用户接受仲裁协议的行为,将其比作持有电视主机作为人质。

概述了Roku的专利申请,该专利允许在设备暂停媒体内容时插入广告。

指出即使用户为内容付费,也不能完全避免广告,因为公司会不断改变销售条款。

提倡使用广告拦截器,认为这是消费者的道德和伦理责任。

强调即使通过YouTube频道赚取广告收入,仍鼓励观众使用广告拦截器。

讨论了智能电视操作系统默认设置的隐私侵犯问题。

提出即使用户购买了高端电视,制造商仍有可能在未得到同意的情况下收集和出售个人数据。

建议观众支持内容创作者时,应直接通过链接或其他方式,而不是通过观看广告。

批评了行业中对用户数据的掠夺性挖掘和使用。

强调了消费者应该反对行业对同意概念的不尊重和不断改变销售条款的行为。

讨论了智能电视内置麦克风可能带来的隐私问题。

指出智能电视的默认设置往往对消费者不友好,可能导致个人信息被广告商获取和使用。

呼吁观众不要购买可能会侵犯隐私和强行插入广告的电视产品。

Transcripts

00:00

hey everybody how's it going hope you're

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having a lovely day because I'm about to

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ruin it this is uh regarding a company

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called Roku I went over them recently

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they seem to have a problem with the

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concept of consent uh this is something

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I have gotten a lot of criticism for not

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only in my comments but also on Reddit

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because very often I will say that these

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companies have what I like to call a

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rapist mentality they take part in

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practices where they don't really care

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whether or not you consent they simply

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want you to uh to comply anyway and very

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often they will use nefarious means to

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do this and one of the reasons that I

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started using that phrase is because

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four years ago you actually had $25

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million invested by Major automakers

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into the Coalition for safe and secure

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data that did everything they could to

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convince Massachusetts voters that

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independent repair men are rapists that

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we're going to follow you through a

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parking lot that we're going to force

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your garage door open and then force

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ourselves on you and they spend quite a

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bit of time in that commercial actually

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claiming that the majority of the uh of

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people that advocate for sexual assault

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victims agreed with them that if right

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to repair gets paid

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that you are going to be hurt so I've

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kind of tried to do this thing where I

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where I turn the word around and I take

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a word that has been used on us and I

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rightfully so use it on them because uh

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unlike uh the unlike us who actually

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care about the consent of our customers

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before we we take away their freedom

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their privacy their right to do what

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they wish with what you own often times

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the manufacturer is the one doing it and

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I could not think of a better example

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than Roku a few weeks ago they decided

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that you're not allowed to use your

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television anymore unless you click

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agree on a screen that forces you into a

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forced arbitration agreement you you

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bought the TV without the agreement but

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now you can't even switch to an HDMI

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input unless you accepted new terms they

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held your television hostage unless you

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agreed they wouldn't let you leave

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unless you said yes that in my opinion

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takes a rapist mentality but wait it

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gets better because I said I was going

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to ruin your day and I don't think I've

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done it yet this is a patent application

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from Roku and I'm going to summarize it

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for you this is so that you could insert

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advertisements in between the device

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that has an HDMI output in the

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television so this means that the

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television will be able to detect when

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you've paused content and it will be

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able to insert an advertisement into

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that content even if the content that

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you were using the HDMI part to view had

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no advertisements on because apparently

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this is something that users are asking

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for let's read over the pen HDMI

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customized advertisement insertion when

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the media device pauses the media

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content the display device can determine

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that a pause event has occurred and

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insert an advertisement shown on the

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display device further some embodiments

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include determining the context and or

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content of the media content that is

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paused and determining an ad that is

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customized at the determined context or

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content displayed on the display device

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okay so let's go over this

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[Music]

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you

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okay so let's go over this

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so people will very often say that

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advertisements are Justified because you

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did not pay for the content so if you're

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viewing television via you know using an

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antenna like I did back in the 90s and

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you have an antenna and you have your

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little vcr and you're recording it

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you're not paying for that content so

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the way that they monetize It Is by

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having commercials or when you view

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YouTube if you don't use YouTube premium

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you're you're not paying for the content

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you're not paying them for the hosting

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you're not paying the Creator so you

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become the product and they will serve

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you an advertisement so that they can

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get paid the argument is made that if

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you're not paying for the content the

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way they fund it is advertisements the

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problem here is that you purchased your

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television and if I paid $100 or $200

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for several seasons of of a teleion show

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like you know 24 heroes or something

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like that the entire point of me paying

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full retail price is so that I do not

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have to see ads the entire reason that I

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am using the HDMI input of the

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television and my own content is because

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I don't want to watch ads I don't want

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to watch normal television with

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commercials and above all I don't want

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to use the garbage malware spy wear

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ridden trash on your smart TV to watch

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television or to watch shows that are

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going to be filled with ads I don't want

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the smart TV experience where I am being

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spied on and advertised to so as a

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result I will connect my own device to

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the television the entire reason that I

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connect a Linux box to my television is

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because I want to avoid ads and I want

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to avoid being spied on and I highly

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suggest the same for you I have a

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YouTube channel with 2 million

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subscribers and if you watch my videos

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and watch ads I make money in spite of

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that on this channel many times over the

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past 10 years I have suggested that the

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people who watch this channel use

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something like you block origin I have

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something called PF Blocker on my router

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I know I know OPN sense is better I

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don't want to reconfigure the whole

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thing from scratch point being I make

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money when you watch ads and I still

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suggest that you have ad blockers

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installed the reason for that is that

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the one 100th of a penny that I get when

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you watch 50 or 200 of my videos is not

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worth the amount of time that you lose

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from that ad I make such a negligible

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amount of money from something that is

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going to cause you uh so much grief if

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you actually don't skip the ad that it's

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just it's just not a fair ask in my

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opinion so feel free to use an ad

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blocker I'm saying that from from my

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perspective I encourage you to use ad

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blockers the reason that I feel that

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using ad block is becoming not just uh

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Justified but your moral and ethical

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Duty as a consumer at this point is

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because the we're at a point where

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paying full price for your television

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and paying full price for your content

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is not good enough it doesn't matter and

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again this is one of the things that I

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keep talking about when I say changing

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the terms of the sale whether you're

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talking about a company deciding that

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you need to accept a forced arbitration

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agreement that was not there when you

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bought the product in order to use it or

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we're talking about a company that says

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hey I know you paid full price for your

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television and I know you paid $100 just

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to view this content without ads rather

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than viewing a recording from

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terrestrial television we're going to

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seert ads into it anyway you bought it

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without ads but you're going to watch it

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with ads now and this is part of a

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pattern that I've been going over with

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many companies not respecting the

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concept of consent not respecting the

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concept that there were terms of a sale

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that were set and that you cannot

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continuously change them and let's not

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even get into the fact that the entire

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reason that I connect a Linux dbn

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desktop to my television is that I don't

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have to deal with all the spying

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nonsense is that you're trying to put

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that in here anyway so again the entire

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reason that I do not use the operating

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system that comes with my television is

06:44

because by Nature it spies on You by

06:48

default it spies on you I do not want to

06:50

hear any crap in the comments about how

06:52

well you bought a Roku TV those things

06:53

are cheap you deserve your ads or well

06:55

you're getting ads because you're using

06:56

YouTube without paying that's why you

06:58

get your ads no no no no no no no when

06:59

you buy a top-of-the-line television the

07:02

flagship LG television from a major

07:04

brand that thing costs over $3,500 an LG

07:08

G3 OLED 77 in I will show you at the end

07:11

of this video the settings that are on

07:13

by default in this piece of [ __ ] whether

07:15

it is settings related to the television

07:17

being able to see which content I'm

07:19

viewing or a little button that says do

07:22

not sell my information that by default

07:25

is turned off in a g of [ __ ] that I paid

07:28

$ 3500 $100 for that is an excuse that

07:31

people use when they want to to [ __ ] on

07:33

people this is when you have people

07:35

going oh you use Android you must be

07:36

poor oh you use a PC you must be poor oh

07:38

you drive an F-150 you should get a

07:40

Silverado oh you have a Silverado you

07:42

deserve to it to break you should have

07:43

got a Dodge R it's one of these things

07:44

that we use to just kind of fight

07:46

against each other rather than look at

07:47

the people that are actually screwing Us

07:49

in this case the entire reason that I

07:52

wish to use my dbn Linux desktop with my

07:55

television is because I don't want it to

07:57

spy on me and my television as a will

07:59

show you in the video at the end of this

08:01

my little like LG anti sponsor is that

08:04

my television is telling me in no

08:06

uncertain terms in big fond on a 77 inch

08:09

screen that it is spying on

08:12

me so I decid you know what I'm not

08:15

going to use that I'm going to connect

08:16

my own HDMI cable to my television so

08:19

that I could watch my content without

08:21

being spied on without my data being

08:23

sold by default and without ads so what

08:25

you said is you know what you don't want

08:27

to use my system you don't want to use

08:29

use my spying system you don't want to

08:31

use my ads you don't want to deal with

08:32

my trackers [ __ ] you I'm going to put

08:35

those on the HDMI inputs anyway you want

08:37

to try and plug something into this TV

08:39

I'm going to watch what you're doing you

08:41

want to plug something without ads into

08:43

this television that you actually

08:44

[ __ ] paid for suck it because I'm

08:46

going to put ads on it

08:49

anyway that that's where we're going and

08:51

again to be clear at this point it's not

08:52

even about me suggesting that you use ad

08:55

block I am suggesting that it is your

08:57

moral and ethical duty to go go out of

08:59

your way to avoid advertising at all

09:02

costs because this industry stopped

09:04

caring about consent a long time ago and

09:06

it's becoming more and more obvious as

09:08

you read patents like this and as you

09:09

see what companies are doing to be clear

09:11

again this YouTube channel it is I do

09:14

not have sponsors in this video and when

09:17

you look at the way I talk about

09:18

companies whether LG Lenovo or anybody

09:20

else it never will it just it's not

09:23

happening it's it's it's like I know

09:25

that the the only route that this

09:27

channel has to actually make money is AD

09:29

revenue and I am going out of my way to

09:32

suggest dare I say it to beg you you

09:34

block origin PF block RNG whatever the

09:37

hell the equivalent is an OPN sense go

09:39

out of your way to block every single ad

09:43

humanly possible if you like a Creator

09:45

if you like what they do if you really

09:47

want to support them find a link send

09:49

them something and to be clear you could

09:50

watch dozens of my videos I'm going to

09:52

get a fraction of a penny if you want to

09:55

support content creators if you want to

09:56

support journalists if you want to

09:57

support your actual local newspaper find

09:59

a way to pay for the content or find a

10:01

way to send them something directly but

10:03

we need to kind of start standing up

10:04

against this industry because this

10:06

entire industry is becoming just so

10:07

predatory and so disgusting to the point

10:09

where every single piece of data must be

10:11

mined from every user and like it drives

10:14

me so nuts when I read comments from

10:16

people saying you bought something cheap

10:18

you signed up for that I never [ __ ]

10:21

consented to LG selling my personal data

10:25

but they assume that I did I never

10:27

consented to a Roku television being

10:30

able to tell what I'm watching and

10:33

inject ads into my material but they

10:36

think that that's what I'm doing and

10:37

when I when I say no when I say I don't

10:39

want to use the smart system on the TV I

10:41

want to plug in my own they think it is

10:43

appropriate to tell me to go f myself

10:46

because we're going to put the ads there

10:49

anyway don't buy this [ __ ] that's it for

10:52

today and as always I hope you learned

10:54

something I'll see you all in the next

10:56

video bye now this here is an G3 OLED

11:00

television that also has cat scratchers

11:03

on the side that's my way of trying to

11:04

bribe my cat into not scratching my

11:06

speaker we we'll see if that works in

11:08

all seriousness this is in the menu of

11:10

this television if you go in this me any

11:13

one of the default profiles and you go

11:14

to privacy in terms what you'll notice

11:16

with a smart television is there's an

11:18

option called do not sell my personal

11:19

information and because we live in a

11:21

dystopian world this option is not by

11:24

default checked it should be the default

11:26

when you pay over $3,000 for a

11:28

television that you do not sell my

11:30

personal information but even when you

11:32

pay that much for a television the

11:33

default is that they will sell your

11:35

personal data which is why you should

11:36

never connect a television to the

11:38

internet particularly when these

11:40

televisions have microphones built into

11:41

them that allow them to listen to what

11:43

it is you say in your living room there

11:45

are many other settings hidden in here

11:47

that talk about being able to see what

11:49

it is you're watching or what you're

11:50

doing to be able to make recommendations

11:51

to you and personalize advertisements to

11:54

you if you browse around the television

11:55

and 100% of those options is the

11:57

consumer unfriendly option and The

11:59

Advertiser grabs your data sells it and

12:02

uses it however they please option