Some Rokus and Apple TVs receive longer update windows, though.

  • @lemmylommy
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    162 months ago

    7 years of increasing amount of ads more like

  • @Visstix
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    122 months ago

    There’s updates for tv’s? Never seen one.

    • @normalexit
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      112 months ago

      My poor Smart TV thinks I don’t have an Internet connection.

    • @then_three_more
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      52 months ago

      My lg wants to update pretty much every week. Your a fucking TV and you work, why do you need to update at all?!

      • @[email protected]
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        122 months ago

        Because it’s an internet enabled device running a fully fledged operating system that will have bugs and vulnerabilities that need to be fixed all the time.

      • @givesomefucks
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        12 months ago

        I mean, my TV got VRR thru an update…

        Would have been great if it shipped with it, but being able to get the update is better than getting mailed a usb to do it manually.

        • @eyeon
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          22 months ago

          eh…kinda. the upside to manual USB updates is you get to intentionally apply them and can decide not to if an update makes things worse like removing features or adding more ads and tracking.

          with automatic updates they can just silently update without your consent

          • Laurel Raven
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            12 months ago

            This whole removing features from a product that was where when I bought it is a concept that needs to die. I don’t care if you don’t want to support it anymore, I don’t care if literally nobody else uses it, hell I don’t even care if I don’t even use it, it was something I purchased that they’re taking away without consent or refund

  • @[email protected]
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    112 months ago

    That is definitely better than it was before.

    It would have been far better to just have serviceable dumb TVs with small smart sticks, but I suppose that doesn’t extract enough money for these poor destitute CEOs.

    • @Duamerthrax
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      42 months ago

      A dumb tv with a user accessable slot for a raspberry pi compute module would be nice. You could upgrade the brains easy enough and recycle the module into something else.

    • @givesomefucks
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      Because most media is still 1080p, 4k TVs (especially big screens) need to basically have a mini PC inside to handle the upscaling, or you might as well stay with a 1080p TV. Something very few people seem willing to do these days

      At that point the “smart features” don’t need anything else, so it wouldn’t make sense to leave them out.

      When media is mostly 4k, we won’t need upscaling and “dumb TV’s” will make a comeback like back in the day when people would buy cheap TVs that were just as good as the expensive ones.

      Since most modern media is streaming tho. And streaming companies keep charging extra for 4k streaming, it’ll be a while.

  • @barsquid
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    102 months ago

    I want a TV that is incapable of receiving updates please. Like it only does its job of selecting which inputs to display and displaying them.

  • @[email protected]
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    82 months ago

    Imo, a television should last more than 7 years. There are occasions when simple, or less complicated is better.

    • @Squizzy
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      42 months ago

      To be fair, updates are not indicative of end of life.

  • Synapse
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    72 months ago

    They will release new bugs 7 years down the line, great.

  • @[email protected]
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    42 months ago

    Just plug a pc into the damn thing and don’t worry about software updates for your goddamn tv smh.

  • @ohwhatfollyisman
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    32 months ago

    nobody has answered this question on multiple fora for me: is it necessary to connect a smart tv to the internet?

    can i keep it forever on “aeroplane mode” or whatever and use it as a dumb tv? can i never connect it to the internet if that’s what i want?

    • @OZFive
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      62 months ago

      No. You can keep it offline as much as you want and use external sources to view on your TV. You do not have to use the operating system included.

      You do not have to connect it to the internet to have your TV work.

    • BrikoXOPM
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      Generally not required, but some are starting to require at least one time connection during TV setup process to use it.

      • FuzzyRedPanda
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        52 months ago

        I keep seeing this posted but I have yet to see anyone mention which brands are actually doing this.

        • BrikoXOPM
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          52 months ago

          Because it’s not so much brand specific as it’s device specific. Companies are still testing the waters with adding this to their differently priced lineups to see what backlash they get from each group.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 months ago

        If you’re one of those customers who has to do this, connect it via ethernet, do the setup, then forever leave it disconnected. Never give it your wireless credentials. I personally wouldn’t trust the TV to forget the credentials and not phone home and make itself the ad machine the company wants it to be

        • @[email protected]
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          32 months ago

          If you don’t have this ability because the TV isn’t close to a router or if the manufacturers get so scummy that they no longer include Ethernet ports, you could accomplish this by setting up a “burner” hotspot on your phone and doing tethering. Change the name and password to something you’d never use and then let the TV connect to that and then change it to something else. TV may remember it but it won’t find that exact combo again unless you want it to :)

    • Optional
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      32 months ago

      If a tv requires me to sign up, it’s either getting returned or an axe through it.