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?
- harrouet
Hint for Microsoft:
- Display drivers don't need access to the network
- Display drivers don't need to write to the window manager
- Display drivers just need to display the data that needs displayed
- If you sign a driver, you take responsibility for it. Else just leave people run any driver they see fit
- 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.
- 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.
- boesboes
Wasn't it LG that got caught uploading viewing behaviour/stats to a unsecured FTP server from their TVs?
They are one of the cheapest somewhat ok brand for a reason I guess..
- 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.
- throw0101d
So: Dell, BenQ, Asus (ProArt/ROG)?
- M95D
I never liked LG, but I had to buy from them. They're the only ones that make (made) monitors in this format. 2560x2880 (16:18)
LG 28MQ780
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