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Don’t ever connect your TV to the internet?
by aquir 10mo ago
Don’t ever connect your TV to the internet?
- M95D 10mo agoThey nag.
- anonym29 10mo agoThis must be a very new or not universal feature. I have an Element E4AA70R 70" 4K UHD HDR10 Roku TV I picked up in mid-2023 for well below $1000. It has never once been connected to the internet, and it doesn't nag me.
- M95D 10mo agoI rented an apartment that had an LG. It showed a FOMO-inducing popup every week.
- anonym29 10mo agoAny information on model number so people can compare, learn from your experience, etc?
- matheusmoreira 10mo agoMight still be possible to jailbreak LG TVs. Not sure what the quality of the homebrew TV firmware situation is like though. Maybe not stable enough for family use.
- RajT88 10mo agoI have an LG C3. The old jailbreak no longer works. I keep avoiding the upgrade to keep the possibility open. At some point they force upgrade your firmware.
- guerrilla 10mo agoMy Phillips 65" doesn't. I just have it connected to my old PC via HDMI. Don't need any smart features.
- raw_anon_1111 10mo agoI’ve had plenty of RokuTVs and my previous home had wired gig e Internet in every room. I plugged the TV to the Ethernet to get software updates, unplugged it, set the TV to always switch to the HDMI port with my AppleTV connected and never thought about the Roku again. The AppleTV supports CEC and controls the power and the volume. No nagging
- nickthegreek 10mo agoMaybe some brands do (feel free to name them). My Samsung does not.
- 0x457 10mo agoHowever, if you do connect, then Samsung pushes so many updates (more ads) than anyone else. My ancient samsung tv in the garage was getting weekly updates for some reason.
- dfxm12 10mo agoSome brands are better than others. I bought a Sony Bravia TV less than a year ago. The nags are infrequent (maybe every fifth time I turn it on) and unobtrusive (a toast notification pops up in the upper right corner of the screen for a few seconds; it's gone by the time the Fire Stick UI comes up). Getting rid of ads on the streaming stick and various streaming services is an interesting challenge though...
- sys_64738 10mo agoI've not experience that on my TCL.
- sys_64738 10mo agoI'm expecting that later ones will contain methods to get out however they can, whether that's connecting to xfinity free wifi, connecting to a satellite, or having a cheap cell connection that is always on. They want your data and will do their damnedest to get it with/without your permission. Geolocation will be found. I'd expect they'll scan your local wifi SSIDs and send those too and ethernet MAC address to figure out who you are. There must be methods of using this info to wrangle your identity for marketing purposes.
- rationalist 10mo agoDon't ever let anyone else connect your TV to the internet either.
- cgh 10mo agoThere are still annoyances. Our TV finds every opportunity to send you to its home screen of apps, requiring me to reset the input to the PS5 that we use for Netflix etc. And regardless, I don't want to pay for a lousy customised Android with a bunch of crappy apps preinstalled.
- nottorp 10mo agoBetter be far enough from the neighbor's password less wifi.
- allarm 10mo agoPlease provide a specific example of a tv that does that, or stop spreading misinformation.
- nottorp 10mo agoI was just extrapolating. Why wouldn't a "smart" device connect to any wifi it has credentials for, and why wouldn't the implementation consider "has credentials" to include "it doesn't need any"? But now I wonder why your aggressivity sounds so defensive.
- orangecat 10mo agoWhy wouldn't a "smart" device connect to any wifi it has credentials for, and why wouldn't the implementation consider "has credentials" to include "it doesn't need any"? Practically because lots of "open" wifi networks have captive portals that don't actually get you Internet access without further action, and legally because using random networks without user confirmation is rather dodgy. But now I wonder why your aggressivity sounds so defensive. It's an urban legend that people keep repeating, and nobody can ever point to a specific case of it happening. It would be extremely easy to demonstrate: set up an open network, take a new or factory-reset TV, and wait.
- allarm 10mo agoDon't be so upset. Next time think twice before posting and check your sources. Don't spread misinformation and urban legends.