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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I've read at some other post that some smart TVs won't work at all if you don't connect it to the internet.

Read with caution, I haven't verified this.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Back to the store it goes then

[–] Acters 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Amazon fire TV requires an Amazon account to use basic features and they intentionally tell you they lock "certain" features

[–] Taalnazi 1 points 1 month ago

That should be illegal...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I've also heard people say that they'll automatically connect to any open wifi networks. People make up a lot of stuff. Just don't tell your display device how to send any 1s or 0s to any server outside your home, and you'll be fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago

Imagine if they came with default ads prebundled in the firmware.

[–] chiliedogg 3 points 1 month ago

Some of them use wifi for the remote too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Indeed, I remember people complaining about Roku for that.

My TLC hasn't done so up until now.

[–] Valmond 1 points 1 month ago

Like those single player games...