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• Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s the point they are making. Currently that’s possible. But what is stopping the producers to force you to hook it up to the internet?

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  • coffeebiscuit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    O… damn.

    Not buying the tv might work… at mass. Like everyone. Please people, vote with your wallet/privacy.

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    • Karyoplasma@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not gonna happen. People are fine with that.

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  • lemann@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They already do, vizio sets and roku TV sets require an internet connection as soon as you power it on to set it up

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    • ares35@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      roku because you 'need' an account to use (try here for one without a payment method requirement).

      vizio must be a new thing for the current models. mine (bought last year, and was "last year's" model then) didn't need a net connection to set up for using as a 'monitor'.

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