moe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square310fedilinkarrow-up1908arrow-down113
arrow-up1895arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.commoe90@feddit.nl to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square310fedilink
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·3 months agoPro Tip: Connect your TV to your Wi-Fi so the TV doesn’t bother you constantly, and shut off access outside your network at the router level.
minus-squareFiveMacs@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 months agoUmmm why even connect it at all…let the dumb thing stay offline
minus-squareasap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·3 months ago so your TV doesn’t bother you. Many TVs have a constant “no wifi connection” visual error if it’s not connected.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoIt also bugs me to turn on voice recognition by connecting
minus-squareasexualchangeling@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI haven’t bought a TV in several years, but is this something that is in general TVs? I ask because I plan on getting one soon and would very much like to avoid it having a mic
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI can’t speak for all TVs of course, but from what I have seen, yes.
minus-squareTrenchcoatFullOfBats@belfry.riplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoLET US LISTEN TO YOU IT WILL BE FINE. IGNORE ME!
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·3 months agoTake the stupid thing back.
Pro Tip: Connect your TV to your Wi-Fi so the TV doesn’t bother you constantly, and shut off access outside your network at the router level.
Ummm why even connect it at all…let the dumb thing stay offline
Many TVs have a constant “no wifi connection” visual error if it’s not connected.
It also bugs me to turn on voice recognition by connecting
I haven’t bought a TV in several years, but is this something that is in general TVs? I ask because I plan on getting one soon and would very much like to avoid it having a mic
I can’t speak for all TVs of course, but from what I have seen, yes.
LET US LISTEN TO YOU IT WILL BE FINE.
IGNORE ME!
Take the stupid thing back.