Why I Won't Buy an LG Monitor Again: Spyware and Gambling Ads
I'd not buy a LG monitor
I am furious that LG has embedded blatant spyware in the software for their monitors, which Windows automatically downloads to display ads without consent. The Terms of Service even allow eavesdropping on conversations in the room. While I own an LG UltraGear and appreciate its display quality, this invasive behavior and their website's gambling-style discount wheel have convinced me to avoid their products entirely.
In what timeline is this acceptable behaviour by a fucking monitor to tell it's manufacturer what naughty video you're currently watching?
- beardyw
Whilst it's preaching to the choir, I would attribute 50% of the blame to Microsoft. Loading any old thing and running it is not very responsible.
- aeternum
I would simply disable windows update. It always seemed insane to me that the solution to preventing RCE was to open an RCE channel to basically every provider that has installed a driver or an application on your machine.
Each auto-update is by definition remote code execution.
- dabbz
It's getting really hard to find a solid, reputable brand of screen manufacturers that don't pull this kind of crap. I swore off Samsung screens after their popup ads in phones and TVs. LG was my next choice but this is deterring me even further.
- Graziano_M
I decided I would never buy an LG monitor after mine broke and I had it shipped back three times for diag and repair. Each time it broke again soon after. They finally agreed to RMA it, but that didn’t mean a new replacement, it meant a refund, and not even for the whole price I had paid. Unfortunately the price had gone up a few hundred dollars since then, so I couldn’t even buy a replacement. This basically means they sold me a junk monitor I had to deal with for a year and then tried to get me to give them an extra $300 to roll the dice that the next one would work properly. I bought a BENQ instead, and it’s been solid.
- NikxDa
Keen to hear other recommendations. My DELL screen is working quite nicely but has weird burn in problems when connected through a Thunderbolt dock. What other brands (apart from the insanely priced Apple screens) still make high quality, reputable screens?