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BruceTwarzen ,

My tv hasn’t seen an ad since i plugged it in.

JustZ ,
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You sure you pay the electric bill?

A_Random_Idiot ,

I am so genuinely surprised that there isnt a bigger movement to hack TVs to replace the OS’s on them with non-invasive open software alternatives.

Especially with shit like this.

thatKamGuy ,

Because it’s not actually necessary; leave the TV isolated from the internet and use a set-top box (Apple TV, Shield, game console) as the media player.

GenosseFlosse ,

While I agree, I think this solution is some nonsense. I bought a “TV” and paid for all the hardware and software that went into it, but I essentially have to use it as a monitor with my own hardware to escape the enshittification.

thatKamGuy ,

I also agree, but I view it more as ‘I bought a TV, and that’s all I want it to be’.

I don’t care about the built in software features foisted on me because I wanted an OLED panel; simply because they are going to be abandoned within 1-2 years, are powered by some anaemic chipset that is already multiple generations behind what is already available in my TV stand; and will likely end up as an attack vector to my network some period down the road.

The article mentions that TV manufacturers make ~$5 a quarter from selling your data. So those ‘features’ aren’t even free, they come at the expense of your personal information, privacy and likely security as a result.

So to quote a famous Dave Chapelle skit: “fuck ‘em, that’s why!”

A_Random_Idiot ,

simply because they are going to be abandoned within 1-2 years, are powered by some anaemic chipset that is already multiple generations behind what is already available in my TV stand; and will likely end up as an attack vector to my network some period down the road.

You do realize all of that would probably cease being a problem if people were able to hack their TVs to install custom OS’s.

all the spyware bullshit would also be gone with a custom OS.

Literally every one of your gripes would be addressed and fixed by being able to hack your TV

nobleshift ,
@nobleshift@lemmy.world avatar

Any 10 year old computer & LibreELEC.

westyvw ,

People let their TV’s onto the internet? I thought we already had this discussion and nobody does this anymore.

fishbone ,

Jokes on them, my TV can’t connect to the internet anymore because of the the bloat added by Roku in automatic updates.

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