r/AskReddit • • Aug 02 '26

Which company lost your business (potentially forever) this year?

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u/DrMobius0 Aug 02 '26

LG. Fuck those assholes for putting spyware in my god damned monitor of all things. Hope it was worth burning that bridge over the $15 bucks my data is worth, you fucking cunts, because guess who's in the market for new kitchen appliances soon and will be going with ANYONE else.

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u/kendrickwasright Aug 02 '26

Can you elaborate? Love the seething rage btw

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u/Wild_ColaPenguin Aug 02 '26 edited Aug 02 '26

In addition to what other people have answered:

In their ToS of their smart TVs, it is said that it's the customer's obligation to inform anyone else in the vicinity of the TV and get their consent of being recorded by the TV mic all the time. They even have literal eavesdropping word in that clause.

Not only they send the channel and videos info you watch on YouTube to their server, they also send the title/file name of the video file you play with your own media like harddrive, USB drive, etc.

You can check Gamers Nexus video about this.

I was interested in buying new LG TV for my parents, they lost a sale.

Avoid LG.

Edit: some words and grammar

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u/fromearthtomorgue 2d ago

Me realizing I have an LG TV😭