Yeah, I think he's got a platinum record out.

So what's your solution for the McAfee adware, don't plug the monitor into your computer?

Running Linux almost works, but I bought this ultrawide for gaming, which still unfortunately means Windows.

Thanks, Steve.

After he called them out on the McAfee adware, and now this data exfiltration, there must be someone at LG getting very upset with him.

For my part, I'm wondering who I'm even going to buy my next monitor from. I have two LGs on the desk right now, not because they had the best specs, but because the company seemed less slimey than Samsung. I don't know who else even manufactures OLEDs or mini-LEDs.

IIRC, even some of the "passworded" Xfinity routers will still let devices initiate a connection, some kind of semi-mesh network feature (they needed another product to sell).

There's no option for me to be in charge of it. It's a question of which them do I want. The option of Microsoft, Google, LG, etc. having sole control isn't working out too well.

I have a 49" LG ultrawide monitor, which works well for movies, especially ones that are wider than 16:9.

I thought I avoided the problems by buying the "dumb" version (yes there is a "smart monitor" now in addition to "Smart TV") ...
But this one is doing some new bullshit I didn't even know monitors could do, and installing McAfee adware on any Windows device that it plugs into. Can't recommend.

I think we're fast approaching a point where the monitors are enshittified as much as the TVs.

This would make me feel like a boomer, desperately seeking someone to sell him those sci-fi gadgets he was promised back in the 50s...

I can't be the only one who would feel that kind of shame and embarrassment. Obviously there are people who use these features, but I don't ever see them in public or in the workplace doing it. People seem to want to keep this kind of degrading interaction behind closed doors.

I had a good opinion of them until earlier this year. I had even some amount of brand loyalty, I liked one of their monitors and got another one. Turns out the new $1800 monitor I bought came with McAffee adware ready to push into any Windows device it plugs into.

I'm not even sure who to go to at this point, I think it's only LG and Samsung manufacturing OLED panels. I think there are third parties that rebrand the panels with different cases and electronics, hopefully those stay spyware-free into the coming years when I'll need an upgrade.

The guy who posted is going to start cooperating real quick once they smash his window and smash that phone.

Citing the second amendment is just indicative of his whole scenario being a fantasy.

I want it more than I want the alternative.

Maybe you're not aware of which line-items in your budget the tax is applied to. Maybe you feel that it's too small of a sum to care about. But you're definitely paying.

The number of no-talent, no-effort guys emboldened to take a stab at stardom is going to way outweigh the number of undiscovered supergeniuses.

The ratio is so terribly lopsided that I'd be surprised if there ends up being one piece of content airing on this channel, ever, that is worth watching more than 5 minutes.

Great, now he wants to invade Africa.

I'm all for correcting the maps, but the problem was never the map...

More work for Africans would alleviate the problem of them piling up at the European border.

It's up and down when you're looking at the COVID-affected period of 2020 to present. Like many things.

Like those other things, it's best to draw a straight line from the 2019 datapoint to the 2026 datapoint, and ignore the points in between. Smooths out the noise in the signal and gives you a better picture of the long-term trend.

For me personally, my alcohol consumption spiked in 2020-21 then decreased through the next few years, and by 2025 I had mostly stopped due to liver readings being off on the annual physical.

I think many people followed a similar trajectory with their consumption, for similar reasons. I've read the incidence of alcoholic liver disease has increased in the last few years.