Comment on Your TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 weeks agoSome of the brands have been reported to not allow you to do anything until it has an internet connection to do its “initial setup” (or some such excuse).
I hope I can find a list of which ones to avoid when I have to eventually replace my old dumb TV.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Then right back to the store it goes and labelled as defective so it gets tossed resulting in losses for all companies involved.
kent_eh@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Of course, but that’s a lot more effort than it should be.