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A Boring Dystopia
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So the monitor connects via HDMI? And somehow installs something over the HDMI connection? Or is the user conned into installing the LG app under the guise of improved monitor functionality or some such bullshit?
Connecting the monitor to the computer triggers a Windows driver update. LG grabs that update request and returns an app that automatically installs itself. The implied consent is willfully connecting the monitor to the computer.
Avoid LG products.
It's an oligopoly. They do this because they think that prople can't go to a competitor because Samsung is doing the same thing. The people that's supposed to keep this from happening hasn't been doing their job.