🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agoAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square171fedilinkarrow-up1661arrow-down16
arrow-up1655arrow-down1imageAnon buys a TV without researchingsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.worksM to Greentext@sh.itjust.works · 1 day agomessage-square171fedilink
minus-squareglitchdx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·14 hours agoI just bought this dumb tv. Couldn’t be happier. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJV6722 It’s not a good tv, but it’s the biggest one I could fit on my desk and it has absolutely no “smart” features.
minus-squarehardaysknight@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·5 hours agoJust don’t connect smart TVs to the internet. That’s all you have to (not) do
minus-squareflying_sheep@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 hours agoToo much of a gamble. What if someone already did once and it uses the cached ads? What if they have some preloaded? Better financially support products that never have ads and that way demonstrate demand.
minus-squareTomAwsm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 hours agoFrom what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
minus-squareMacAttak8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 hours agoYes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.
I just bought this dumb tv. Couldn’t be happier.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJV6722
It’s not a good tv, but it’s the biggest one I could fit on my desk and it has absolutely no “smart” features.
Just don’t connect smart TVs to the internet. That’s all you have to (not) do
Too much of a gamble. What if someone already did once and it uses the cached ads? What if they have some preloaded?
Better financially support products that never have ads and that way demonstrate demand.
From what I have heard, this is not true for all brands. Some won’t work without being connected. Shouldn’t be legal, but here we are.
Yes. I’ve heard some brands will search for nearby devices of the same brands that are already connected to the internet so that even if YOU didn’t connect the TV to WiFi, it still calls home/gets ads.