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   Alex Gleason (alex@gleasonator.com)'s status on Monday, 10-Oct-2022 22:42:36 JST Alex Gleason
   There's no trend in electronics I hate more than "smart" TVs.
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     @polarisera reposted your post (polarisera@spinster.xyz)'s status on Monday, 10-Oct-2022 23:10:49 JST @polarisera reposted your post

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     @alex Fun fact, do a factory reset on your smart TV and notice that it can still connect to the internet and keeps your wifi credentials stored. Sweet.
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     cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 01:33:02 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @MechaSilvio @alex Smart TVs are completely useless and only exists to be yet another data stealing BS
     
     There's no reasons for Smart TVs when you can buy a 30$ dongle that will do all this shit and beyond, and to update it, you just get another
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     Berlusconi Fever :sonnenrad: (mechasilvio@poa.st)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 01:33:03 JST Berlusconi Fever :sonnenrad:

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     @alex Pirate all content from now on. Pretty simple. And righteous
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     Caffosaurus☕?:mayo: (fullycaffeinated@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 01:45:59 JST Caffosaurus☕?:mayo:

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     @alex Agree on the "smart" tvs and would add Chromebooks. They don't tell you when you buy them that they have an expiry date after which they don't do updates.
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     King Henry VIII (goodperson@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 01:46:11 JST King Henry VIII

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     • ??? ???? ?????? :verified:

     Which just raises the question of why you’d buy a TV that has all the spyware fully integrated?

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     ??? ???? ?????? :verified: (ryan@ryanthomas.org)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 01:46:13 JST ??? ???? ?????? :verified:

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     @alex Eh, it’s not like HDMI is deprecated, they can just plug in an external “smart” device like a TiVo or whatever the kids are overpaying for these days

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     bronze (bronze@pleroma.kitsunemimi.club)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 05:01:46 JST bronze

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     • King Henry VIII
     @GoodPerson @alex @ryan exactly. Dumb TVs will reign forever while smart TVs will lag and shit the bed at the input menu...
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     touch fluffy tail (fluffy@social.handholding.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 05:02:10 JST touch fluffy tail

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     • nanachi
     i purchased one to use as a screen for my pc but it kept doing shit like powering down while i was using it as a monitor and being annoying to turn on
     
     swapped to two screens and i'm quite happy
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     nanachi (yes@social.handholding.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 05:02:11 JST nanachi

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     @fluffy @alex i do. it's okay, just manage expectations so you dont expire your mentality.
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     touch fluffy tail (fluffy@social.handholding.io)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 05:02:13 JST touch fluffy tail

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     do you own one
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     SheistyPenguin (sheistypenguin@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Oct-2022 21:59:46 JST SheistyPenguin

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     @alex
     For a few glorious years, Vizio sold a line of TVs that had Chromecast/Apple Airplay onboard, a sparse TV remote, and nothing else. They even bragged about "no crapware, your phone is the remote" in their marketing. It would start up instantly when turned on.
     
     A few years later, the temptation proved too great. They pushed an update overnight without warning, and it loaded a full "Smart OS" full of streaming bloatware to enhance my fucking experience. They even shipped me a smart TV remote with all the streaming buttons on it. Noe the TV takes three times longer to start up. FML.
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