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Every TV does that unfortunately. It's called automatic content recognition but every manufacturer has a different euphemism for it. It's definitely not just S
by wolvoleo 4mo ago
Every TV does that unfortunately. It's called automatic content recognition but every manufacturer has a different euphemism for it.
It's definitely not just Samsung. As bad as this is. The problem is bigger than just them.
- globalnode 4mo agoah so thats where microsoft got the idea for recall from.
- nicce 4mo agoHow is Recall doing these days?
- subscribed 4mo agoEvery TV might do this, not every single one does. Buy TVs which allow you to opt out (at least in one case it was several opt-ins, no opt out per SE).
- wolvoleo 4mo agoI don't really want to ask for permission to be excused from this vile monitoring. I don't want it to be in there at all. But I'm not aware of any brand which doesn't do this.
- imoverclocked 4mo agoI have a projector that I just leave off the network. Do TVs require a network connection now? What happens when they don't have one?
- phil21 4mo agoAt the moment usually just a nag popup on power on. Annoying but not a huge deal. I imagine this will slowly get worse as more people learn to not connect it to WiFi. Also of course all the smart tv features don’t work, and a lot more folks than I ever imagined actually use the built in controller (usually some form of Android or Roku) to watch Netflix and whatnot. And a lot of folks actually do watch the built in TV “channels” a lot of vendors ship with. It seems very few people buy an additional device like an Apple TV or Nvidia Shield.
- wolvoleo 4mo agoI heard on another forum that the latest Samsungs just don't progress through the setup wizard without internet. And someone noticed they retain WiFi passwords even after a factory reset. You can still set up a temporary WiFi and just kill it after but it's getting pretty insane now.