Comment on Can you un-smart a smart tv?
solrize@lemmy.world 8 months agoThat I don’t know. My mom just has Comcast s and we have the cable box HDMI output going to the TV. No streaming though in principle we could use a computer for that.
I wonder if an HDMI computer monitor could substitute for a dumb TV.
FYI, tracking is also (potentially) done via the HDMI connection by the streaming device.
For example: I have an HDMI Blu-ray, and the TV has tech to sample what is on the screen - so it knows what I’m watching even if it’s not streamed. The bastards are always a few steps ahead of us.
If it’s not connected to a network, the data never leaves the TV though, and then the tracking doesn’t really matter.
They’re starting to put LTE modems in all cars. When will they do the same with TVs? LTE or LORAWAN prob.
You cannot hide. Lol
They’re starting to put LTE modems in all cars
Because a lot of the market also wants to be able to monitor and control certain aspects of their car remotely, and this is only possible with remote internet connection. LTE is the cheapest and best way to get this. I know it’s unfortunately also used for data collection, but at least it provides some useful functionality for the user as well.
But TVs are pretty much always located near a network source, either wireless or wired. There’s not really a need to implement LTE, that they have to pay for, when they can just use the customers network. Since 99% will connect to the internet, the last 1% are not an interesting market share for them compared to what they would cost.
I kind of doubt LoRa is used for this application because the bitrate is super low. Transferring any meaningful amount of telemetry is not feasible.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
AppleTV 4k is probably the best option privacywise IMHO.
deranger@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Watch out, you can’t say anything good about any Apple products on Lemmy lest you seek downvotes.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Because Apple privacy is as much a sham as any other product. They just market and obfuscste well.
Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I know, I know. Fortunately Lemmy downvotes mean nothing. Apple software has definitely gone downhill since I started back in 2007, but there’s still no total ecosystem replacement that is superior, as far as I can tell.
SkippingRelax@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Look I don’t care for lemmy trends and I use Apple laptops as I get them from work.
That said it’s hardly a superior ecosystem, and particularly for this specific use. As a million people have said already, kodi on Linux is a pretty good start. Look at libreelec that is an os wrapped around kodi.