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LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”

LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you’re ready to cough up after buying hardware

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    MeanEYE ,
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    Block their access to internet and problem solved.

    AngryAnusHornets ,

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    MeanEYE ,
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    Ouch then. Already a slave.

    Mdotaut801 ,

    BUT HOW WILL HE SURVIVE WITHOUT THE ALERTS ON HIS PHONE TELLING HIM HIS WIFE’S BOYFRIEND’S LAUNDRY IS DONE?! We don’t want Craig smelling all mildewy whilst digging out this dudes wife.

    ChemicalSlippers ,

    “Also, I depend on phone notifications so I don’t forget about the load.”

    You know you can set alarms on your phone to remember to check on stuff.

    Pika ,

    This post alone just told me that I am never buying an LG washer or dryer, that is fucking stupid. you can:t change the settings without being connected to the internet? Yea hard pass

    tomkatt ,

    After seeing this post and the article, I just blocked my LG C1 from WAN at my router. LAN still available for automation purposes, but fuck letting that thing out to the internet now.

    Wolfen ,

    Great. Gonna have to get rid of my LG oled now huh?

    MeanEYE ,
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    Just castrate its access to internet. Initially you can full block it, in time people will figure out which domains need to be blocked. If they can’t upgrade your firmware, they can’t install these new features.

    bill ,

    I suspect they’ll include cellular radios in the near future so the appliance does not depend on the “consumer” to provide data access.

    ZC3rr0r ,

    With a cellular data subscription that we will then be required to pay a monthly fee for, to make sure the TV continues to work. You didn’t think they’d be giving this away for free, right?

    MeanEYE ,
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    We’ll see. I think they will use the route of least resistance. But subscription based services are here to stay.

    MeanEYE ,
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    That is unlikely to happen as it would require contract with local providers, expensive GSM hardware, etc. Luckily at the moment they still don’t know just how much they can push, so they are testing the waters by dipping fingers in it.

    Wolfen ,

    I may be lucky. I am an expat, and I bought mine in China. Now I am in Malaysia. So I may not have this issue. But your points are likely true.

    tr35y7 ,

    I dread replacing my 15 year old TV, i need dem SCARTS

    rmuk ,

    Oh, SCART. We hardly knew ye. Truly France’s greatest gift to the world.

    phoneymouse ,

    For just a low low price of $15.99/month you can use the freezer functionality to keep things really cold! Or, you can use our free ad tier where the freezer only unlocks after you watch a 60 second ad.

    irkli ,
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    Right! If you don’t upgrade service periodically the freezer temperature goes up by one degree a month. It’s for your convenience!

    XTornado ,

    Nice a free simulation of the global warming.

    april4356 ,
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    RustyWizard ,

    Nah, smart TV with media box. You get the ad adjusted price, you merely don’t hook it up to the Internet.

    Nioxic ,

    What is “media box”?

    RustyWizard ,

    Chromecast, Kodi, Roku, Apple TV, Nvidia shield, fire TV, etc.

    eleitl ,

    Fire TV firmware also just gets worse and worse with each new version. Netflix app also follows suit.

    RustyWizard ,

    Does it? I’ve never had one. I have a Kodi box and a Chromecast. I’ll be sure to avoid the fire brand, then.

    eleitl ,

    The one saving grace is that it’s cheap and you can install Kodi on it.

    AA5B ,

    I have a Fire Stick and a newer Vizio TV. For a while I could tell Alexa to turn in the TV: the Fire Stick would turn on, then use HDMI-CEC to turn on the TV and select its input. Worked great and I didn’t have to deal with Vizio

    Then at some point Alexa started controlling the TV itself instead. Now I have to choose whether to deal with Vizio or to do more clicks to get to my streaming device. I really need to figure out how to get the original configuration back

    LiquorFan ,

    I’m never buying a “smart” anything, aside from phones. I put up with Android and it already feels like too much.

    RustyWizard ,

    By all means. But “smart” TVs come at a discount because they believe they’ll have opportunities to make revenue off of those features. However, if you prevent the thing from connecting to the Internet then you get the best of both worlds. Cheaper and ad free.

    d0m ,

    You don’t get any dumb TVs in my country anymore. I’d assume its the same everywhere else unless you’re going back a minimum 5 years of tech evolution, which might not be all too bad.

    MossBear ,

    I have an LG monitor, but never again. This is absurd. If money is all they understand then I hope they have a rude awakening on account of this.

    snor10 ,

    This is fucking dystopian…

    Jimmycrackcrack ,

    Hard pass

    vinceman ,

    Commenting from an LG phone (last one produced) next to an LG tv. Will never purchase another one of their products in my life, even before this article.

    LaunchesKayaks ,
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    I have a dumb LG TV and idek how I’ll replace it when it’s finished. Do they even sell dumb TV’s anymore?

    ours ,

    You have to buy a “smart tv”, never connect it to wifi and plug a proper media device to it.

    LaunchesKayaks ,
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    Are there really only smart tvs nowM

    some_guy ,

    Search for the ones that are meant for retail use. I don’t recall what they’re called, but that class of tvs will get you a decent dumb tv.

    Nioxic ,

    Do they even have good image quality?

    rmuk ,

    Digital signage? They’re basically monitors but often have a basic onboard OS like Android for running DS apps, but like you said they’re otherwise a dumb TV without the aerial port.

    vinceman ,

    What I’ve done.

    Evil_incarnate ,

    I have a dumb tv now, I plan to replace it with a computer monitor. Sound and video go through my reciever already, which sends the video to my tv. Chromecast and a rpi to do any smart things.

    LiquorFan ,

    I think those are called “commercial displays” now.

    ChemicalSlippers ,

    Don’t buy LG?

    LaunchesKayaks ,
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    I don’t plan on it after my current TV goes. This one was given to me when my parents got a new TV.

    Patrizsche ,

    Is LG the same brand as the printer that stopped working without a subscription? I saw it recently on Lemmy, can’t remember if it was LG or maybe HP or something…

    pepperonisalami ,

    That post was HP. LG is a korean company which makes lots of home appliances like washing machines, fridges, vac cleaner, etc.

    Patrizsche ,

    Thanks a lot

    Kiosade ,

    Fucking Chaebols. They’re like a Corporate Dynasty, essentially.

    skillissuer ,

    where are those ukrainian crackers that made custom flash for john deere tractors, we’re gonna need them

    BobKerman3999 ,

    Fighting for their lives in Ukraine

    rs137 ,

    Let’s send them F-16s so they are back sooner

    bingbong ,

    🫡

    d4rknusw1ld ,

    So I can’t do the wash without buying a subscription for it to play Sirius XM? Like wtf is going on. This corpo greed shit has to stop. I hope every single union walks out of the job with these actors and writers. We need to bring power back to the worker a bit.

    vic_rattlehead ,

    I don’t understand the mindset of people who tolerate ads. No way I’m ever hooking up a smart tv to my network!

    SnepKayz ,

    Most smart products are security nightmares, too. Smart TVs, refridgerators, thermometers, all of them have OS’s that arent regularly updated, dont give the user any way to peek into the system, (you get a virus on your computer, and you generally know pretty quick) and usually lack the security features that your phone or PC may have. They’re easy points for your network to be compromised.

    The Internet of Things is more like the Internet of Shit.

    Hazdaz ,

    LG can go fuck off.

    Love how these corporate executives these days can only use tricks to increase their profits rather than building better, more reliable products which gain more customers through hard work.

    Nilz ,

    But more reliable products means existing customers will buy again less frequently.

    Hazdaz ,

    There are nearly 8 billion people in the world and never in our history has there been as many people with disposable income. There are new customers out there. They don’t have to simply fuck over their existing customers and continually fleece us.

    Nilz ,

    But what about their poor shareholders that want to see maximum profits :(

    Hazdaz ,

    And don’t forget about executive bonuses too!

    markr ,

    Enshittification is not just for social media platforms.

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