TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoThe TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8Karstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square287fedilinkarrow-up1645arrow-down18
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minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoI hooked my computer up to the HDMI and have used that as my primary interface. It’s not perfect, but it screens out 95% of bullshit
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoThat doesn’t, unless you’ve blocked your TV from network access, because they use ACR - Automated Content Recognition - that literally scans what is being displayed over your hdmi port and then sells it off to advertisers.
minus-squaresketchyenchantment@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 hours agoI think you missed the part where the TV doesn’t have access to the network.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoAnd wait, no you’re thinking of a different thread. This thread mentioned no such thing.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 hours agoThey can connect to open WiFi spots and just ignore the fact that you didn’t connect it.
I hooked my computer up to the HDMI and have used that as my primary interface.
It’s not perfect, but it screens out 95% of bullshit
That doesn’t, unless you’ve blocked your TV from network access, because they use ACR - Automated Content Recognition - that literally scans what is being displayed over your hdmi port and then sells it off to advertisers.
I think you missed the part where the TV doesn’t have access to the network.
And wait, no you’re thinking of a different thread. This thread mentioned no such thing.
They can connect to open WiFi spots and just ignore the fact that you didn’t connect it.