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[–] PunkRockSportsFan@fanaticus.social 21 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Never connect your tv to WiFi

Don’t buy connected anything

Just buy things that do the thing you want.

No consumer ever asked for a smart tv

[–] Corngood@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

If it makes a sound you don't recognise, use the gun.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 8 points 3 weeks ago

For the lower tech people, smart TVs are just OkAy. They allow an end user to use Netflix etc. It's the fucking cameras mics and sensors illls in my Tv that's fucked up

[–] FourWaveforms@lemm.ee 2 points 3 weeks ago

Smart TVs are tools of the demiurge