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   BenderIsGreat34 (andymoose@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:29:54 JST BenderIsGreat34

   So, the 75 inch Amazon Fire TV is about half the price of any other tv of that size, presumably because it's constantly spying on your every move and selling this data to North Korea or something. Is there a way to remove the spyware? If it was used without connecting it to the home Wifi, and use an Apple TV + blluray player, would that work?

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     Antiqueight (antiqueight@mastodon.ie)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:29:52 JST Antiqueight

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     • Matti Aleve

     @maleve @andymoose i don't have (full time) Internet access to give it, so that would be fun.

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     Matti Aleve (maleve@zeroes.ca)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:29:53 JST Matti Aleve

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     @andymoose I don’t think there are, but I could be wrong.

     I was shocked monitoring all the traffic from my TCL TV when I got it years ago. In the end I changed my wifi password and unplugged Ethernet. Just have the AppleTV connected to it.

     I recently needed to get a small TV for my wife’s aunt. Ended up with a Samsung but even that was a PITA to setup. It just assumes you will give it internet access and makes it difficult not to.

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     BenderIsGreat34 (andymoose@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 24-Feb-2024 19:29:54 JST BenderIsGreat34

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     are there any TV manufacturers that DONT sell TVs that are just collecting information about viewing habits and selling them?