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h54@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Smart devices are for stupid people.

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  • kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    “Smart” devices are getting increasingly difficult to avoid in many products categories.

    Try buying a non-smart TV without going to high cost commercial/industrial models.

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    • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Don’t connect the wifi and use an external device. Have no issues with my now lobotomized screen.

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      • talentedkiwi@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Until they start to force you to connect to “finish” setup. I’m sure it’s only a matter of time.

        For now my new LG turns on directly to my external device and isn’t connected to the Internet. I did have to change a setting to turn on to the last input used instead of the useless home screen.

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      • pandapoo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Sure, as long as the device doesn’t automatically connect to open networks, and if it does, you don’t live in an apartment, or moderate density area with available open wi-fi networks in range.

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  • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Depends on the device and the usage. “Smart devices” can encompass a lot of things.

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    • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      A “smart device” is something that doesn’t need a pc in it AT ALL.

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      • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

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• tomkatt@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  I don’t use pi-hole currently, but have managed access via my router. My LG C1 has been locked down to LAN access only for a long time.

  It’s kinds great this way. Since it has an IP it doesn’t give me any bullshit about network, but no traffic escapes the home network.

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