Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching

ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Zacryon@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve read at some other post that some smart TVs won’t work at all if you don’t connect it to the internet.

  Read with caution, I haven’t verified this.

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  • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Back to the store it goes then

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  • Acters@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock “certain” features

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    • Taalnazi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That should be illegal…

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  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve also heard people say that they’ll connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don’t tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you’ll be fine

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    • owl@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Imagine if they came with default ads prebundled in the firmware.

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  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some of them use wifi for the remote too.

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  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Indeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that.

    My TLC hasn’t done so up until now.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Like those single player games…

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• JovialMicrobial@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I lobotomized our TV after making the mistake of connecting it to the internet when we first got it.

  The ads slowed down the menu to switch sources so much it actually angered me. No more internet for you, you get to be a dumb tv forever now.

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