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could have taken this in the

fourteenth century.

If you need to take your work down, ever, or even if you just kinda feel like you might like to, go right ahead and do it. By the power vested in me as an absolute asshole that is extremely committed to the bit, I hereby grant you immunity from any and all dipshit guilt trips about how you're pulling fandom apart at the seams or whatever because you'd like to retire something that's past its expiration date.

There's nothing wrong with wanting to restore privacy to things you once wanted to share. There's nothing wrong with wanting to grow beyond your old stuff, and you absolutely do not have to save the old stuff or leave it up to prove to anybody how far you've come. There's nothing wrong with not particularly caring if you're ~growing~ through fanworks or not: maybe you're just tired and you'd like to box up your hobby and put it away for a while. There's nothing wrong with taking things down for your own safety. (I mean, yeah, it's wrong that anyone put you in a position where you'd need to, but doing what you have to do to stay safe? fine. good, even.) And so help me god, if you have to pull-to-pub, more power to you, get that money, and fuck the vicious little haters that could only dream of being good enough to get there.

None of these things are even mildly inappropriate, and they for goddamn sure don't mean you're mentally ill. (Because yeah, that's an actual frozen solid take I've seen with my own two eyeballs more than one time.)

if you already have an LG monitor or TV or intend to buy one, you probably want to watch this video and keep an eye on gamers nexus for updates (or anyone else covering the LG spying situation):

posted july 16 2026

LG is doing some bad things. how bad? well. here are some very brief bullet points. I am not an expert, gamers nexus is, see the video for more information than this:

LG monitors (brand new and years old, cheap and expensive) auto-install LG's own adware-spyware called LG Monitor App onto windows 10 and 11 computers. you plug in an LG monitor for video output and this gets installed automatically. no hitting OK, no confirmation, no toggles, NOTHING.

the auto-installed LG Monitor App auto-grants itself access to your internet connection and ALL computer resources. the LG Monitor App has the ability to collect: geolocation data, device data, personal information, online activity data, contact data, and more!

...and it shows pop-up ads! because fuck you

on some affected versions of windows, auto-installed shitware like the LG Monitor App can be prevented by navigating to gpedit.msc -> computer configuration -> administrative templates -> system -> device installation -> prevent automatic download of applications associated with metadata

...but, if your LG monitor already installed the LG Monitor App, this is like closing the barn door after the horse got out. and that horse has the logs of everything you were doing on your computer! someone stop that fucking horse!!!

unrelated to the LG Monitor App, many LG TV owners are now required to tell all household members and guests that their LG TV is recording and processing ALL nearby voices. or else they may be in violation of local eavesdropping and wiretapping laws. for owning a fucking LG TV.

plus, how many businesses, workplaces, public spaces use LG TVs?

allegedly the microphone spying can be turned off by disabling microphone features, but LG has been caught disregarding opt-out settings before.

LG TVs can record everything that happens on the TV, including the video output of connected devices like phones, computers, gaming consoles, anything that happens on the TV screen.

LG was sued for their spying, and as a result of that spying suit, now shows pop-ups saying oops! they got caught spying and intend to continue spying. thanks for buying LG!

as of when the video was posted, there was no list of every spying LG monitor or TV. but this stuff is getting rolled out to more and more LG devices, including those purchased years ago.

and that is the shortest summary I can make of this situation without just summarizing more of the gamers nexus video.

⬆️posted july 23 2026

gamers nexus is fairly respected in technology journalism. they fly around the world investigating companies that fuck people over and have pressured major companies to make major changes over the years.

so for gamers nexus to say that this LG spying situation is both unprecedented in how uniquely bad it is in this era of spying, and that it gets even worse than their video where they already say to stop buying and using LG products while recanting every prior recommendation for LG products?