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minus-squarePalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoI just don’t hook mine up to the Internet and disable all the ad and tracking stuff on my LG, but at least yours will probably last 10+ years.
minus-squarerizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoThat was kinda the idea. We just moved and I wanted to get something set up that I wouldn’t have to worry about for at least a decade.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoUnfortunately some modern TVs do stuff like constantly pester you to connect to the internet, or have offline ads. There have even been trials of Amazon-powered TVs connecting to nearby Echo devices and gaining internet connectivity that way.
I just don’t hook mine up to the Internet and disable all the ad and tracking stuff on my LG, but at least yours will probably last 10+ years.
That was kinda the idea. We just moved and I wanted to get something set up that I wouldn’t have to worry about for at least a decade.
Unfortunately some modern TVs do stuff like constantly pester you to connect to the internet, or have offline ads. There have even been trials of Amazon-powered TVs connecting to nearby Echo devices and gaining internet connectivity that way.