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[-] glitchdx@lemmy.world 29 points 17 hours ago

I just bought this dumb tv. Couldn't be happier.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CJV6722?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title

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.

[-] hardaysknight@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Just don’t connect smart TVs to the internet. That’s all you have to (not) do

[-] Acters@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

I think I saw a review of the Amazon fire TV and they literally lock controls and tell you some basic af features are locked behind an Amazon account registration or login

[-] skizzles@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

I have an Amazon fire TV.

It is not connected to anything, and everything works fine. I just hooked up my shield to it and use that, but basic tv functions (settings and whatnot) work just fine without being logged in.

[-] flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 14 points 8 hours ago

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.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

They put barely functional processors in these things. A new smart tv that isn’t connected to the internet is not going to come cached with ads.

[-] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 11 points 9 hours ago

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.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

from what I have heard

Where?

[-] TomAwsm@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

In a different thread here on lemmy.

[-] MacAttak8@lemmy.world 6 points 6 hours ago

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.

[-] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 hours ago

Ok now I know yall are just making shit up.

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