Comment on Is TV Dead? Global TV Shipments Hit a Decade Low in 2023

• jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Sorry, your TV OS is no longer supported. All your apps will stop working tomorrow. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

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  • urda@lebowski.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Smart people don’t use smart TVs.

    Smart people get dumb panels and connect the steaming box / computer of their choice.

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    • JWBananas@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Smart person here.

      The Roku that I purchased 6 years ago just bricked itself until I agreed to forced arbitration. This, of course, has nothing to do with the data breach they just announced.

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    • NutWrench@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agreed. You shouldn’t have to trust that some third party software built into your TV won’t abuse your trust and shut everything down until you do what it’s owners want.

      I’ve got an external Roku and if it starts being a dick, I can just unplug it and toss it in the trash and I still have a working TV.

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    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Smart people with money perhaps. Not everyone can shell out several times more money to pay for privacy…

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    • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t agree with this as it sounds a bit elitist.

      Some people just don’t want to buy another device and use more electricity to watch a movie.

      But I know what you mean.

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  • guywithoutaname@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Most smart TVs have a dumb mode. As long as you can plug in anything you want you should be fine.

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• bus_factor@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bought a 65" TV in 2013. It’s good enough for me. I don’t need 4k at home. It got zapped after 9 years, but there were tons of power supply boards on eBay for $40 each. Turns out a lot of people break the display and sell the other parts.

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• Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And it should stay that way. I don’t want another product with planned obsolescence.

  They could only try to end your TV by not supporting its apps because of its age, but luckily you can just plug a computer or a console on it to get all the apps you need.

  Still, for now, I enjoy using my TV apps with an alternate launcher like Flauncher instead of the normal Android one.

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