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Deshittification Part 2: Bypassing the App Store Gatekeeper(fabricati-diem.inform.social)
The author, who previously attempted to take back control from their LG OLED Smart TV by blocking vendor telemetry and ads, has discovered that the TV's WebOS operating system fights back when its tracking servers are restricted. When the author blocked LG's Automatic Content Recognition and ad servers, the OS locked down the app store, threw error codes, and held basic app management hostage until it regained access to its tracking servers. The author argues that this is a clear case of forced consent under GDPR Article 7(4) and is documenting how to systematically challenge the gatekeeper, including testing app management without telemetry by uninstalling and attempting to reinstall a core app, such as Netflix, from the LG Content Store.