SaltyEggs@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUpdated my Samsung phone and it installed unwanted appslemmy.worldimagemessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up11.14Karrow-down135
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minus-squarewhoami@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·1 year agoI disabled my DNS block-list for 5 minutes to test something, and my Samsung TV used its newfound freedom to immediately go and automatically install the TikTok app from its app store. It no longer gets the privilege of an internet connection.
minus-squareHughJanus@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoShouldn’t have ever connected it in the first place. I spent $30 on a Chromecast that gets plugged in and connected.
I disabled my DNS block-list for 5 minutes to test something, and my Samsung TV used its newfound freedom to immediately go and automatically install the TikTok app from its app store. It no longer gets the privilege of an internet connection.
Shouldn’t have ever connected it in the first place. I spent $30 on a Chromecast that gets plugged in and connected.