• AA5B@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Don’t forget enshittification. I use my TV less and only streaming but am really frustrated by ever more intrusive ads and surveillance. Sometimes I’m just too annoyed to turn on the big TV.

    Mine is only 3 years old, but I can definitely see not bothering to get a new one when it’s old, unless they start making dumb TVs again. There are plenty of screens in the house and done of them are less annoying to use

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      8 months ago

      Nothing prevents you from using your Smart TV in the same way as a dumb TV. Just don’t connect your TV to the internet and use a third-party device via HDMI.

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            8 months ago

            Many, even when offline, will constantly pester you to connect to a network, or will attempt to connect to any open one it finds.

            Some have offline, non-targeted ads from factory.

            There have recently been trials of Amazon-powered TVs automatically linking to any Echo devices it can find and using it as a bridge to get internet. I’m unsure if that’s something they’re actually going to go ahead with right now though.

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            8 months ago

            Roku doesn’t let you use your device unless you accept their TOS for example.

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      8 months ago

      Absolutely. Dumb TVs going forward. Unfortunate that the best screens like those made by Samsung are ruined by surveillance and hardware that can’t run the “smart” OS for more than a few years without eventually running like dog shit.