Serious question, why don't more people opt out of their smart TV tracking?

I finally got around to going through all the privacy settings on my LG TV last month after a buddy in Seattle told me it was basically spying on me for ad companies. The before and after was wild - my home screen went from showing me targeted recommendations for stuff I'd whispered near my phone to just random generic apps I never use. Took me about 20 minutes to dig through 3 different menus to disable the ACR (automatic content recognition) and marketing stuff. I swear my YouTube ads dropped by like half too, or maybe that's just placebo. Has anyone else gone full privacy mode on their TV and noticed a real difference in what gets suggested to you?

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the_jenny18d agoMost Upvoted

Right? I did the same thing on my Sony last year and now my recommendations are just nonsense instead of creepily accurate.

parkerp8018d ago

Now it just shows me random movie trailers from 2017.