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• Glitterbomb@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  TVs seem to have been pretty much taken over by ‘smart’ features.

  I don’t mean this as a dare or a gotcha, but genuinely asking if you know of a decently priced modern TV that’s ‘dumb’ please let me know so I can buy it.

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  • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yeah when I brought a TV a few years ago I could not find a good one that wasnt ‘Smart’ except for commercial variants that were an extra couple of thousand.

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    • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      That’s because the TVs are subsidized by selling your stolen info.

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      • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Ugh how depressing

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  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I think they are saying to just not connect whatever. E.g. buy the smart TV and don’t connect it to the internet.

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    • outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Doesn’t work anymore; they make shadow mesh nets with yoyr neighbors’ devices so if one connects…

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