You sure about that? 👀
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NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Older tech can generally be more privacy respecting, a old VCR for example won’t collect analytics on you.
spongebue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Without any kind of internet connection, it’s a pretty safe bet
TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Who needs a smart TV, when you can just use a 15 year old flat TV and plug it into a computer. Install Firefox and uBlock Origin to watch YouTube. It’s a real computer, which means you can watch pretty much anything with it.
If you’re into hardware tinkering, get a mini ATX (or ITX) board and a small flat case for it. Should look pretty much like a VCR box from the 90s.
If you want to make it quiet, you could use a passively cooled GPU with a HDMI output. Alternatively, get a AMD APU, and use the largest fan you can to cool it. Tweak the settings to run it as slow as possible. If that’s not an option, stick a few of those Noctua’s resistor cables between the board and the fan to force it to run slower.