"Spot test" goes back at least one year and affects multiple markets.
  • hOrni@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Damn. Just bought a Hisense fridge last week. I hope I won’t have to watch an ad before it lets me get the mayo.

  • NekoKoneko@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Relatedly, Hisense also forces updates and disables use of the TV if you do not accept the update (via a full screen non-cancelable prompt).

    I learned this the hard way after Hisense broke my TV via an update that I didn’t want and then refused to fix it even after 6 months of escalations and emails.

    • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I know they’re different manufacturers, but TCL tried this shit and I just factory reset and never setup the Internet on it. I use an android TV box for the smarts.

      • triptrapper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        I got a TCL last year and it wouldn’t let me use the TV until I set up the internet. After 4 factory resets I figured out how to put it in store demo mode, and plugged in a separate streaming device that connects to the internet. Now I realize I could have connected the TV to the internet and then blocked it at the network level.