Security News > 2021 > November > Reg reader returns Samsung TV after finding giant ads splattered everywhere

A Register reader triggered a kerfuffle for Samsung after asking the electronics biz if he could disable large and intrusive adverts splattered across his new smart TV's programme guide.

"If you press the menu button to change between like TV or Netflix or, or whatever, even different sources, there's an advert panel," lamented McKillop to The Reg.

Such a problem is, sadly, not new, as we reported about a year ago when other Samsung TV customers began wondering where the giant adverts splattered all over their TVs' user interfaces had come from.

McKillop has since returned his TV to retailer John Lewis.

Samsung has been relatively open about what its smart TVs do.

All in all, if you're buying a Samsung TV, just remember that you're not only paying for a big panel so you can watch reruns of Friends; you're also paying to be part of Samsung's global TV advertising network.

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