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How long until they ship with embedded 5G modem? Would you wrap your Samsung devices with alu foil?

taikahessu 1y ago
Soldering your TV in 2026 sounds like real fun ...
pndy 1y ago
I think they may go the easier way first: with online only OOBE where you cannot access all tv features until you acknowledge and accept the "legal" stuff first. You know, bit like Microsoft forces you to create online account after installation is done
- miki123211 1y ago
  There's always going to be enough of a "dumb TV" market among the elderly / linear-only / no internet crowd to make that an extremely bad idea. Sure, some (high-end) TVs might do this, but definitely not all of them.
  - josephg 1y ago
    Dumb tvs exist today; they just sell for a premium to make up for the lost adtech sales revenue. I suspect this will continue. Ads and no privacy for poor people. The wealthy & well educated will have tvs that don’t spy on them.
qwertox 1y ago
Or connects to the Samsung TV of your neighbor, who definitely granted all access to the internet.
zzyzxd 1y ago
This idea has been around since at least a decade ago. The truth is, only a fraction of customers care about ads or privacy, and only a fraction of technical people in that group are capable of doing network filtering (VLAN, MITM, DNS blocklist, whatever). The absolute numbers are so small, as long as manufacturers can extract enough value from the remaining 99% of customers, they just don't care. I have had a lot of friends amazed by the fact that when they connect to my home Wi-Fi they stop seeing ads. Zero of them interested in implementing something similar in their home.
- KerrAvon 1y ago
  the other thing is that it would not be as effective as presumed because 5G cell service in residential areas in the US is spottier than people realize. A lot of us are relying on WiFi calling.
- j1elo 1y ago
  How do you do it particularly? Pi-Hole or something else like NextDNS with adblock? (or Mullvad adblock DNS)
benhurmarcel 1y ago
I've been reading about that risk since smart TVs came out. It's not worth the cost for the manufacturer.

Soldering your TV in 2026 sounds like real fun ...

pndy 1y ago

I think they may go the easier way first: with online only OOBE where you cannot access all tv features until you acknowledge and accept the "legal" stuff first. You know, bit like Microsoft forces you to create online account after installation is done

miki123211 1y ago
There's always going to be enough of a "dumb TV" market among the elderly / linear-only / no internet crowd to make that an extremely bad idea. Sure, some (high-end) TVs might do this, but definitely not all of them.
- josephg 1y ago
  Dumb tvs exist today; they just sell for a premium to make up for the lost adtech sales revenue. I suspect this will continue. Ads and no privacy for poor people. The wealthy & well educated will have tvs that don’t spy on them.

qwertox 1y ago

Or connects to the Samsung TV of your neighbor, who definitely granted all access to the internet.

zzyzxd 1y ago

This idea has been around since at least a decade ago. The truth is, only a fraction of customers care about ads or privacy, and only a fraction of technical people in that group are capable of doing network filtering (VLAN, MITM, DNS blocklist, whatever). The absolute numbers are so small, as long as manufacturers can extract enough value from the remaining 99% of customers, they just don't care. I have had a lot of friends amazed by the fact that when they connect to my home Wi-Fi they stop seeing ads. Zero of them interested in implementing something similar in their home.

KerrAvon 1y ago
the other thing is that it would not be as effective as presumed because 5G cell service in residential areas in the US is spottier than people realize. A lot of us are relying on WiFi calling.
j1elo 1y ago
How do you do it particularly? Pi-Hole or something else like NextDNS with adblock? (or Mullvad adblock DNS)

benhurmarcel 1y ago

I've been reading about that risk since smart TVs came out. It's not worth the cost for the manufacturer.