Comment on LG TVs start showing ads on screensavers | LG's TV business is heightening focus on selling ads and tracking

• kent_eh@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ 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 ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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  • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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

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    • solsangraal@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      c.tenor.com/fbXP86oWtvAAAAAC/tenor.gif

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      • otter@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Format like this

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        So

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      • BroBot9000@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Or just use the sensibly placed identical lamp that’s next to his wife.

        The only reason that lamp is positioned there is to sell that product.

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