LG to offer subscriptions for appliances and televisions
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Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you're ready to cough up after buying hardware

LG to offer subscriptions for already purchased appliances and televisions, evolving into a provider for “Home as a Service”::Subscription fatigue is a thing and regulators are circling, but Korean giant reckons you’re ready to cough up after buying hardware

  • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    I have a 2017 era Samsung TV. I use it to connect to a media server that my router runs if I plug in a USB drive. This just worked so I assumed it was an open unauthenticated service.

    Then to tried to use VLC running on my phone to connect and I presented with a login screen. When I investigated further I found the router’s media server defaulted to using the the router’s admin credentials.

    So it looks like the TV had been programmed to try common default router admin creds before showing a login prompt to the user as a “convenience”.

    • magikmw@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      That’s good UX, the real fuckup is using default admin credentials om your router.

      • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        I wasn’t too concerned previously as my routers are only exposing their services to the local network.

        I understand the view that it’s a superior UX but I was taken aback that it was guessing passwords for other devices on the network.