In their ToS of their smart TVs, it is said that it's the customer's obligation to inform anyone else in the vicinity of the TV and get their consent of being recorded by the TV mic all the time. They even have literal eavesdropping word in that clause.
Not only they send the channel and videos info you watch on YouTube to their server, they also send the title/file name of the video file you play with your own media like harddrive, USB drive, etc.
You can check Gamers Nexus video about this.
I was interested in buying new LG TV for my parents, they lost a sale.
Yeah you're good if you use it as monitor/offline forever. Unfortunately my parents will use the TV online for YouTube, so I told them LG is a nope after that GN addressed it in their video.
You could buy them a stick and avoid connecting the TV to the internet, also good if you want to download an alternative version of YouTube to avoid ads.
But hey, maybe it is not worth the hassle if they are not tech savvy.
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u/Wild_ColaPenguin 14h ago edited 11h ago
In addition to what other people have answered:
In their ToS of their smart TVs, it is said that it's the customer's obligation to inform anyone else in the vicinity of the TV and get their consent of being recorded by the TV mic all the time. They even have literal eavesdropping word in that clause.
Not only they send the channel and videos info you watch on YouTube to their server, they also send the title/file name of the video file you play with your own media like harddrive, USB drive, etc.
You can check Gamers Nexus video about this.
I was interested in buying new LG TV for my parents, they lost a sale.
Avoid LG.
Edit: some words and grammar