@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 1 month agoYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square312fedilinkarrow-up1909arrow-down113 cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1896arrow-down1external-linkYour TV set has become a digital billboard. And it’s only getting worse.arstechnica.com@[email protected] to TechnologyEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square312fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilinkEnglish19•1 month 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-squareFiveMacslinkfedilinkEnglish21•1 month agoUmmm why even connect it at all…let the dumb thing stay offline
minus-square@asaplinkEnglish11•1 month ago so your TV doesn’t bother you. Many TVs have a constant “no wifi connection” visual error if it’s not connected.
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 month agoIt also bugs me to turn on voice recognition by connecting
minus-squareTrenchcoatFullOfBatslinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 month agoLET US LISTEN TO YOU IT WILL BE FINE. IGNORE ME!
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month 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-squareDominusOfMegadeuslinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 month agoI can’t speak for all TVs of course, but from what I have seen, yes.
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
LET US LISTEN TO YOU IT WILL BE FINE.
IGNORE ME!
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.
Take the stupid thing back.