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Availability of “dumb TVs” seems to be extremely location specific. I tried finding one in Denmark and it’s pretty much impossible. Romania has a nice selection

Availability of “dumb TVs” seems to be extremely location specific. I tried finding one in Denmark and it’s pretty much impossible. Romania has a nice selection, as some one on HN showed me a while back. I don’t know anyone who uses the smart features in their TV, except my wifes parents who use the Netflix app in their Sony TV. Everyone else just use an AppleTV, ChromeCast or a box from their cabel/internet provider.

rchaud 5y ago
> I don’t know anyone who uses the smart features in their TV Because the current generation of TV buyers are used to the concept of purchasing separate hardware to deliver content. That is changing now. I had a similar realization about streaming v piracy. 15 years ago everybody my age was pirating music and TV. It led to a lot of viruses and malware for some, but everybody more or less knew where to go to for that stuff, even as P2P networks were being shut down left and right. Today, young people don't really do that. Spotify, YT and Netflix apparently fixed enough UX and content gap issues that torrents and stuff aren't considered necessary anymore. The same will happen with TVs.