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The most recent Samsung TV we got has built in adds on the home screen, i do not want to see ads when ive used hundreds of euros to buy the TV already. Not much I can do to avoid that.
You can setup PiHole to block Samsung's ad servers. Some routers give you the option to block specific websites, that works, too.
The site you have to block:
While this is a fantastic suggestion, and pi-hole is amazing, we shouldn't be in the position where this is required just to use a darn TV.
Can't you just not connect it to the Internet?
Some brands will show ads anyway.
Don’t connect it to the internet?
It's the old adage.
"This TV kicks you in the balls when you turn it on. Unless you don't connect it to the internet."
Fuck that. I'd rather buy a dumb TV, but there are few of them these days.