normalexit
My Samsung I bought last year required an Internet connection during setup, but after it updated it "allowed" me to disconnect it. Just to be extra safe I connected it to a guest network that I changed the password on so it couldn't remember the credentials. The menus have ads (that never change), but I set the TV to default to the last HDMI port when it turns on.
I wish they had an AOSP sort of approach to TV where I could install a new ROM and customize the TV OS with whatever changes I'd like, so I didn't need extra devices to view Plex and my streaming channels. DRM shuts that dream down pretty quickly though.
I hope that some privacy forward brands will emerge, but there just doesn't seem to be consumer demand or awareness.
Thank you daddy capitalism.
I hope I can continue to make the smart TV dumb by never giving it network access. When that fails I'll have to hope the pihole handles some of it. The other fun option might be to put it on a VPN in the EU and hope that it enables some gdpr options.
Either way you're right, it's likely inevitable.
I was always torn over what TV brand to buy. This helps narrow it down further.
If they must kill people I don't understand why they don't knock people out first. I've been under anesthesia for surgery; If they had killed me while under, things would've just stayed dark, but I never would have known.
I'm glad he is such a bad running mate. He doesn't have a single redeeming quality.. God help us if these people get the white house (again), but everyone involved seems to be trying their hardest to prevent that.
What did they do?
Slurping on some hot soup. I don't know why, but that sound gets under my skin.
I wonder if this is just damage control for Trump? JD is pure slime, but I wouldn't be surprised if he is just being thrown under the bus on this one, since it seems to be sticking as the dumbest part of the debate.
They are a huge tech company. They should have a checkbox in the checkout flow that lets you add a free cable if you need one.