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If you want a new stylish TV, i can recommend Samsung "The Frame". It is a 4K TV which you can hang on the wall and it looks like a painting. Note that you abs
by thecopy 6y ago
If you want a new stylish TV, i can recommend Samsung "The Frame". It is a 4K TV which you can hang on the wall and it looks like a painting.
Note that you absolutely must not connect it to the internet nor accept any agreements or policies. It then becomes a "dumb" TV which displays art when turned off.
Then connect Apple TV to make use of it.
- sneak 6y agoAn Apple TV can't be used without an Apple ID, which requires a phone number to create, and transmits the unchangeable Apple TV hardware serial number to Apple like a supercookie you can never delete. It's just trading one type of tracking for another. At least your smart TV isn't demanding your phone number (which is a simple data broker API lookup to name, address, purchase history, income level, et c...).
- asdff 6y agoI don't think tracking is the concern here, it's advertisement that a lot of these smart TVs have been adding to their menu systems. Apple TV or smart TV, those services you hook into like Netflix are tracking your behavior anyway; that's a given. Your behavior is also tracked on Hackernews or any website you visit. Advertisement on the other hand, is a new thing with smart TVs that people try and avoid through the dumb TV.