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I don't even understand the pitch? you have the disc playing, in your hands, your ownership, no buffering, no subscription required. and they're saying....hey do you want a worse experience?

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (14 children)

One reason why I opted for a monitor instead of a TV. AFAIK monitors don't do this shit.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Good luck finding a 65"+ monitor at a reasonable price.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago

Not everyone needs or has room for huge displays. For those ppl monitors work great.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 8 months ago

Yes, worse, but also more money on something you don't own - you just don't get it, bro... It's ~~progress~~ sorry I always confuse those words, profits.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Pihole or similar DNS blocking. I can't recommend it enough. My smart TVs are the #1 offender on my network. The only thing that will try to pull in more ads are my wife's mobile games.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

That's terrible. This is why we need Foss

[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I rooted my 2013 Samsung TV and overclocked it from 800 to 1200Mhz (the whole system is actually build for 1200Mhz but only the Highend-Ones are qualified for it). To my surprise the amount of data it send to Samsung was quite reasonable but still I removed most of it. Full removal of Internet is not an option because then I lose HbbTV and Prime TV which is like 50% of what I use that device for. And since I rooted it I also use it for BS and the public broadcasting mediatheks. Also, it now runs Quake2 in 1920x1080 in ~20fps.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 8 months ago

If they can do it, they will. It's ad dollars to them, as good as any others.

Don't let them do it. Buy dumb electronics, or at least smart electronics you can use airgapped.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Three Words: Digital Signage Display

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (22 children)

Just get a dumbTV, or a large PC display and speakers.

If you also need YouTube, Netflix, casting, etc, get a raspberry pi, and install kodi on it.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you own something and it either gets taken away or it gets tarnished in some way, you are fully justified to pirate it...

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago (7 children)

Is this a samsung tv? If it is one of the cheap tv's like Vizio and such they have this live advertising which is awful. I always buy non-smart TV's but now they actually cost more then the smart ones if you are going for a big 65-85" TV.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago (10 children)

You can save the cash and just never let it connect to the internet.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Be careful because they automatically ping around for passwordless wifi

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What are some good non-smart TVs?

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 8 months ago

Ah yes I want to watch the exact same thing I am watching but from another provider, definitely just take my money, hypercapitalist

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (3 children)

How? Did you got your dvd player hacked?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Most modern TVs have this lovely “feature” called Automatic Content Recognition so papa Google can tell when you’re watching pr0n.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago

I can almost guarantee this was some stupid marketing exec's idea. Someone had to write the code that interprets that you're watching an episode that someone else has available for streaming. Any software dev worth their salt would have seen this request and said "This is the dumbest fucking idea I have ever seen in my life" and they probably had to make it anyway because it pays the bills.

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