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.
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AA5B@lemmy.world 11 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
theparadox@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ringwraithfish@startrek.website 11 months ago
Yeah, all manufacturer OSes are shit. Don’t connect the TV to the Internet and use your own preferred streaming device.
michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 11 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.
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
If you do that, depending on the TV, you might have some system messages and stuff on startup…
But yeah it’s a good start.
michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
If TV can’t remember last used HDMI port that TV is a shit.
TK420@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Ahhhh if only it were that easy
michael_palmer@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
What is the problem?
TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 11 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.
TK420@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Roku doesn’t let you use your device unless you accept their TOS for example.